At the beginning of the month, The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment released the advisory report, Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. The Report outlines four key areas which Ireland can improve going forward to boost competitiveness. These four strategic challenges are underpinned by 19 tangible and actionable policy recommendations. The four strategic areas are as follows.

• Reduced the cost of doing business in Ireland
• Significantly improve the planning, development and delivery of infrastructure
• Accelerate progress on the usage and generation of energy in line with our climate targets
• Enable stronger productivity growth through research, development, and innovation.

These recommendations are ones that have being welcomed greatly within The Chamber, the full report concerning Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge for 2023 can be read here. In terms of energy, Dublin Chamber has long called for accelerated development of the energy grid so that it can provide for more sustainable energy capacity. More can be read on this position on Dublin Chamber’s submission on ‘Powering up Dublin’ available here.