What are the European Structural and Investment Funds?

The European Structural & Investment Funds support economic development across all of the European Union. These Funds make up over half of the European Union’s budget. Here in Ireland these funds will be used, together with Irish Government and Local Authority funding, to invest €6.2 Billion in the 2014-2020 period.

The Funds work together to invest in education, research and job creation to help create a sustainable and healthy economy across the whole of the country. They are also spent on protecting our environment, and on supporting rural and coastal communities.

We qualify for funding from the five funds below. This website provides information about each of these funds, the ways they help Ireland, and how the money being received in the 2014-2020 round is being invested to benefit all of us.

Welcome to the website of the European Structural and Investment Funds in Ireland 2014-2020.

European Social
Fund

 

Increasing Opportunities
for Education and Jobs

 

European Social Fund

European Regional
Development Fund

 

Investing in
Your Region

 

European Regional Development Fund

European Maritime and
Fisheries Fund

 

Revitalising Life in
Coastal Communities

 

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

European Agricultural Fund
for Rural Development

 

Economic, Environmental and Social
Support for Rural Areas

 

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

Fund for European Aid
to the most Deprived

 

Supporting Inclusion of
those Most in Need

 

Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived

 

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