There is a critical gap between the basic research promoted and funded by Science Foundation Ireland and third level institutions,  and its subsequent development into a commercial opportunity for investors. This gap can only be closed by making new technologies investment ready. The Innovation Strategy Agency will be tasked with closing this gap through the establishment of a network of Technology Research Centres focused on applied technological research in specific areas, to be linked to appropriate higher-education institutions.
favourably references the middle class, e.g. white colar groups or the service sector