| Business Expenditure on Research and Development (R&D) 2009-20161 | |||||
| €'000 | |||||
| 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 20161 | |
| Current Expenditure | 1,542,843 | 1,606,911 | 1,874,663 | 2,075,955 | 2,090,611 |
| Capital Expenditure | 325,613 | 150,314 | 147,200 | 157,102 | 202,214 |
| Total Expenditure | 1,868,456 | 1,757,225 | 2,021,863 | 2,233,057 | 2,292,825 |
| of which | |||||
| Irish Spend | 563,217 | 536,868 | 703,121 | 809,662 | 926,004 |
| Foreign Spend | 1,305,239 | 1,220,357 | 1,318,742 | 1,423,395 | 1,366,821 |
| 1Expenditure for 2016 is estimated | |||||
Results from the 2015 - 2016 Business Expenditure on Research and Development survey show that in excess of €2.2bn was spent on research and development (R&D) activities by enterprises in Ireland in 2015. This represents an increase of 10% compared with actual expenditure in 2013. Current expenditure, which comprises labour costs and other current costs, accounted for 93% of all expenditure in 2015, with capital expenditure accounting for the remaining 7% or €157m of total expenditure.
Irish owned enterprises reported an increase in R&D spend of 15% or €107m, up from €703m in 2013 to €810m in 2015.
Enterprises were also asked for their estimated R&D expenditure in 2016. These estimates indicate that R&D expenditure increased to €2.3bn in 2016, with the split between current and capital expenditure similar to data reported for 2015. See Headline Table and Figure 1.
