Resources
The documents behind the positions.
Selected IRDG reports, submissions and hosted government publications in one place. Nothing is gated, and each file states its size before you download.
Ireland's Innovation Index
Four annual editions, produced with KPMG.
The annual evidence base on innovation investment, priorities, incentives and barriers in Irish industry. Each edition page carries the findings; the PDF is the full report.
Innovation Index 2026
The current edition. Investment intentions, the R&D Tax Credit, talent, AI adoption and the barriers companies actually report.
587 responsesPDF 14.1 MBInnovation Index 2025
The 2025 edition, including the first full comparison across three years of the series.
556 responsesPDF 4.0 MBInnovation Index 2024
The 2024 edition, the year AI first entered the strategic agenda in the series.
496 responsesPDF 4.8 MBInnovation Index 2023
The first edition, and the baseline the later years are compared against.
394 responsesPDF 3.4 MBPolicy submissions
What IRDG asked for, in full.
The submissions behind the policy records on the Influence page. Each is the document as filed.
Pre-Budget Submission, Budget 2027
The current submission: the asks on the R&D Tax Credit, public research investment and the supports members report needing.
IRDGPDF 3.6 MBPre-Budget Submission, Budget 2026
The submission that argued for a 35% R&D Tax Credit, which Finance Act 2025 delivered.
IRDGPDF 1.9 MBSubmission to the R&D and Innovation Consultation
IRDG's response to the Department of Finance consultation on research, development and innovation supports. All company feedback in it is anonymised.
IRDG16 May 2025PDF 7.2 MBGovernment publications
Hosted here for convenience, published by others.
Not IRDG documents. The publisher's own version is always the authoritative one.
R&D Tax Credit and Innovation Compass
The Department's own review of the R&D Tax Credit and its direction for innovation supports, with a foreword by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance. A Government publication, not an IRDG one.
Department of Finance16 February 2026PDF 0.9 MB