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Grand Canal Innovation District Advisory Group – Terms of Reference
From Department of the Taoiseach
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From Department of the Taoiseach
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On the 6th July 2018 the Taoiseach announced that he was establishing an Advisory Group to develop proposals for a Grand Canal Innovation District, which will complement an initiative being led by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to build a new innovation campus at Grand Canal Quay.
TCD has developed a proposal for an innovation district based around the Grand Canal Dock. This area already houses many globally successful tech companies and TCD has a five and a half acre campus at Grand Canal Quay which is ready for re-development. TCD are at an advanced stage in preparing proposals for redeveloping this campus to form the nucleus of an innovation district.
TCD would operate as an anchor tenant and offer shared office space for local start-ups and scale-up companies. They would also develop the civic space necessary for individuals to interact and exchange ideas and which would also operate as a forum for public engagement and cultural expression. A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between Dublin’s universities about their active participation in the proposal.
TCD have had extensive engagement with relevant stakeholders including IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. There are detailed discussions with an internationally-renowned incubation company about locating at the Campus. As part of this engagement, TCD are exploring issues such as planning and funding for a new campus and will take this work forward with the relevant statutory bodies. They envisage the project being implemented over a ten year period. They are now in a position to publicly launch the proposal before it enters the formal planning process.
The Advisory Group will be asked to:
The Advisory Group will be chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach and the secretariat for the IDAG will be provided by the Department of the Taoiseach.
The members of the group are :