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PART III
Industrial Development Authority
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Chapter I
General Provisions
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Additional functions of the Authority.
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11.—The Authority shall have, in addition to the functions assigned to it by section 3 of the Act of 1950, the following general functions—
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(i) to act under the Minister as a body having national responsibility for the furtherance of industrial development;
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(ii) 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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(iii) to develop, construct, maintain and administer industrial estates and factory buildings (other than at the Shannon Customs Free Airport) together with the associated facilities of such estates and buildings;
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(iv) to provide and arrange, where the Authority considers it necessary, housing for employees in industry;
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(v) to foster the national objective of regional industrial development.
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