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Smart Regions - Stream 2 – Aid for Innovation Clusters

 

Step 1 – Review Letter of Offer (i.e. Grant Agreement)

Please complete the following steps to claim your grant. 
 

Review your Letter of Offer. This will confirm the Title of the Grant that you were approved, the Project Number of the Grant, the expenditure type and amount that was approved and the Final Claim Date (i.e. the last date by which all expenditure must be incurred, and a valid claim submitted to Enterprise Ireland).


Step 2 - Download and complete the Grant Claim Documentation

Smart Regions Stream 2 Claim Workbook

Beneficiary Declaration of Compliance Template EI

Task Assignment Letter


The Director Statement, Beneficiary Declaration of Compliance and Task Assignment Letter need to be printed, signed and returned as a PDF.
 

Please Do Not Convert the Excel Claim Workbook to PDF before submitting to Enterprise Ireland as they will be returned.


Step 3 – Submit an Independent Accountant’s Report (IAR)

This step is required for grants with an approved value of over €400,000. If your approved grant amount is €400,000 or less, please proceed to Step 4.

 

Where the approved project grant amount exceeds €400,000, an Independent Accountant's Report (IAR) must be completed and certified by an Independent Accountant, irrespective of the value being claimed.

 

If your claim requires certification, it must be certified (signed and dated) by an Independent Accountant on their headed paper.

 

Please download and send the IAR Template to your Independent Accountant for completion. Note that their report should certify the Details (Date of, project number(s) and grant amount) as outlined on the Directors Statement relating to claim.
 

 

Enterprise Ireland still reserves the right to request a claim to be certified by an Independent Accountant where deemed necessary and may withhold payment of the claim until such request has been complied with.

 

 


Step 4 - Submit Payment Claim

Log in to EPPM and follow the step-by-step instructions as provided in the ERDF Beneficiary User Guide (from training sessions).

Please save supporting documentation (invoices, pay slips etc.) in separate PDF files referencing the document in question and the Item No. assigned (as per Claim Workbook) in the title.
 

** Claims submitted without required documentation listed on the Checklist (including an IAR where applicable), will be returned, which may cause delays.

 


What happens next

The claim will be assigned and reviewed to ensure that all required forms and supporting documentation have been submitted. If any mandatory information is missing, or if the Final Claim Date has passed, the claim will be deemed invalid and returned through the EPPM system.

Where all required documentation is in order, the claimed expenditure and supporting evidence will be assessed as part of the claim inspection process. Upon completion of this review, project approval will be sought from the RDE & Smart Regions Team.

Upon receipt of approval, a payment request will be submitted to our Finance Department.


A letter will issue via email from Grant Payments - Industry with details of the approved payment and advising that payment will follow shortly to the Grantee Company’s bank account.


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