ireland continued to attract manufacturing investments during 2010 including Warner Chilcott, mCi, merit medical, Hollister, Yves Rocher, Lufthansa technik, Goodman medical, Zeus, valeo and Freund. 2010 saw iDa win a number of high-value Research, Development & Innovation projects for Ireland with over  €500million in new investment secured. among the companies that announced RD&i  investments in 2010 were iBm  (smarter Cities), United technologies Research Centre (Renewable energies), alcatel-Lucent /Bell Labs, HP Galway, Biotrin, and accenture’s Global analytics Centre.
supports market regulation for a fair and open market, for example for consumer protection or for increased competition or for social market economy