Funding Support for Lean Construction

At Lean Touch Solutions, we understand that investing in Lean Construction can be a big step — but you don’t have to do it alone. There is funding available through Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to support the implementation of almost all of our Lean services.

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We are an approved Lean Service Provider and have worked with many companies who’ve successfully availed of this funding.

How to Get Started

If you’re considering introducing Lean Construction to your organisation, contact us for a free consultation. We’ll help you identify which of the Lean Business Offers best suits your company’s needs and guide you through the application process.

Lean Business Offers – Summary of Support Available

Lean tools and techniques are being used globally to enhance competitiveness by building team capability, solving problems, and driving innovation. These offers from Enterprise Ireland provide financial support to help companies like yours kickstart or accelerate their Lean journey.

Each support tier is designed to align with your current Lean maturity and ambitions

Lean Start

Eligible Cost Elements

Eligible Cost Elements

Ideal for: Companies beginning their Lean journey
Purpose: Introduce Lean concepts and implement small-scale improvements
Support: Up to 7 days of advisory services

Eligible Costs

Eligible Costs

€6,300 (€900/day capped)

Eligible Grant

Eligible Grant

Up to €5,000 (80% of eligible cost)

Lean Plus

Eligible Cost Elements

Eligible Cost Elements

Ideal for: Companies looking to deepen their Lean capabilities
Purpose: Broader Lean adoption and larger-scale process improvement
Support Includes:
  • External Lean Training & Advisory services (EI-approved providers)
  • Training course fees for specialised Lean programmes
  • Up to 3 internal “Lean Champions” (salary support for up to 250 days)

Eligible Costs

Eligible Costs

Up to €100,000

Eligible Grant

Eligible Grant

Up to €50,000 (50% of eligible costs)

Lean Transform

Eligible Cost Elements

Eligible Cost Elements

Ideal for: Companies pursuing enterprise-wide transformation
Purpose: Strategic implementation of Lean across the business
Support Includes:
  • Trainers’ & trainees’ personnel costs
  • Advisory services related to programme design and benchmarking
  • Travel, subsistence, and training material costs (within EI policy)
  • - Rental of training facilities (if in-house unavailable)

Grant Conditions

Grant Conditions

  • External costs capped at €900/day
  • Internal staff time capped at €350/day
  • Advisory services capped at 10% of total spend
  • Materials and specialised tools supported if essential to training

Maximum Project Spend Supported

Maximum Project Spend Supported

€200,000
Trainers’ personnel costs, for the hours during which the trainers participate in the training; trainees’ personnel costs for the hours during which the train
Trainers’ and trainees’ operating costs directly relating to the training project such as travel expenses, materials and supplies directly related to the project, to the extent that they are used exclusively for the training project.
Costs of expert advisory services linked to the training project for advice and guidance on training programme implementation and appraisal as well as benchmarking / diagnostics where appropriate.
Eligible external trainer costs are capped at €900 per day including expenses. Actual costs to the company are based on market rates and may be higher. Internal staff time (trainer or trainee) is based on actual pay rates subject to a cap of €350 per day. Course costs for approved external courses that support the project goals
Costs of advisory services are capped at €900 per day including expenses. Actual costs to the company are based on market rates and may be higher. It is EI policy to limit the support for advisory services to a maximum of 10% of the total eligible training project spend up to a project maximum of €200,000.
Travel and subsistence expenses are allowed as per standard EI policy where deemed reasonable and required for the training project4 . Materials costs are allowable where there are materials required for the training project that are not readily available. This can include; – costs of specific workbooks or other non-routine training materials – license costs for the use of software or e-learning/VR/AR content Materials costs are not allowed for; – general stationery (flip-charts, paper, photo-copying etc), – costs for Learning Management platforms, – the development of training content. Where approved by Enterprise Ireland, eligible costs can include rental costs of training facilities where it can be demonstrated that adequate facilities are not otherwise available to the company.

Let’s Start Your Lean Journey

We’ll help you unlock funding and build a customised plan to implement Lean efficiently and effectively. 

Reach out to us for a no-obligation consultation today.

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