Industrial Development Act, 1969

PART III

Industrial Development Authority

Chapter I

General Provisions

Additional functions of the Authority.

11.—The Authority shall have, in addition to the functions assigned to it by section 3 of the Act of 1950, the following general functions—

(i) to act under the Minister as a body having national responsibility for the furtherance of industrial development;

(ii) to provide and administer such grants and other financial facilities for industry as it may be authorised by the Oireachtas to provide and to administer;

(iii) to develop, construct, maintain and administer industrial estates and factory buildings (other than at the Shannon Customs Free Airport) together with the associated facilities of such estates and buildings;

(iv) to provide and arrange, where the Authority considers it necessary, housing for employees in industry;

(v) to foster the national objective of regional industrial development.