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Functions of the Authority.
[1950, s. 3; 1969, ss. 11, 12, 14, 15. New in pt.]
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11.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority shall be an autonomous body with the following functions:
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(a) to act under the Minister as a body having national responsibility for the implementation of industrial development policies;
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(b) 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;
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(c) to initiate proposals and schemes for submission to the Minister for the creation and development of industry and the provision and maintenance of industrial employment;
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(d) to provide, develop, construct, alter, adapt, maintain and administer industrial estates and factory buildings together with the associated facilities of such estates and buildings;
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(e) to foster the national objective of regional industrial development;
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(f) to survey possibilities of further industrial development and advise the Minister thereon;
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(g) to advise the Minister on steps necessary and desirable for establishing new industry and for the expansion and modernisation of existing industry;
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(h) to give on request advice and guidance to persons contemplating starting new industry or expanding existing industry;
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(i) to provide such assistance of a technical or advisory nature to developing countries as the Minister may consider appropriate; and
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(j) to advise on any matter relating to industrial development referred to it by the Minister.
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(2) The provisions of subsection (1), paragraphs (b) and (d) shall not apply to the Shannon Customs Free Airport.
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(3) The Authority shall, in the exercise of its functions, act in accordance with policies set out for it from time to time by the Minister.
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(4) The Authority may in the exercise of its functions have regard to the extent to which an industrial undertaking will serve to promote national objectives for regional development.
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