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Department of Enterprise Trade & Employment

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Taking all of the foregoing into account, our mission for the coming strategy period is as follows:

We will work for Government and the people to equitably grow Ireland’s competitiveness and quality employment.

We aim to turn this strategy into reality by means of action under five pillars. These are:

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Pillar One ~ Enterprise, Innovation, Growth

Pillar Two ~ Quality Work and Learning

Pillar Three ~ Making Markets and Regulation Work Better

Pillar Four ~ Quality, Value and Continuous Improvement

Pillar Five ~ The European Union

The Department’s divisions have been restructured in order to improve on the effectiveness of our work, and to aid in the delivery of our mission and goals. The restructuring will align the divisions with the five pillars of our strategy, as follows:

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The goals and actions within Pillar One will be implemented by the Enterprise and Agencies, and the Science, Technology and Intellectual Property Divisions.

The Labour Force Development and the Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Divisions have responsibility for implementing Pillar Two actions, and some of the Pillar Five actions.

Pillar Three goals and actions will be undertaken by the Commerce, Consumers and Competition Division.