Yes, in principle. Enterprise Ireland's Access Advice: Digital Discovery grant provides up to 80% funding, to a maximum of €5,000, for eligible Irish businesses to engage an external digital expert — and Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence is one of its explicit focus areas. That funding can go towards an independent AI Visibility Diagnostic Audit from Genivista. This page sets out the figures, the eligibility rules and where the grant does and doesn't apply, sourced directly from Enterprise Ireland.
The short answer
- Up to 80% grant funding, capped at €5,000 (total project cost capped at €6,300).
- Covers 3–7 days of external consultancy over an 8–12 week engagement, at a maximum eligible rate of €900 per day.
- Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence is one of four listed focus areas — AI visibility diagnosis fits squarely within it.
- The required output is a strategic roadmap and action plan, not implementation — which is exactly what Genivista's Diagnostic Audit delivers.
- Eligible: Irish manufacturing or internationally traded services companies with 10+ full-time staff (5+ for HPSU clients).
- Genivista is a service provider you may choose to engage. We do not process applications or represent Enterprise Ireland.
What is the Enterprise Ireland Digital Discovery grant?
Access Advice: Digital Discovery is an Enterprise Ireland support designed to help Irish businesses introduce new digital technologies and solutions into their operations, by funding the engagement of an external digital expert. It is a strategic consultancy grant — the funded output is a digital roadmap and action plan, not the implementation of any fix.
Enterprise Ireland lists four focus areas for the offer: enterprise IT systems not already in use (CRM, PLM, ERP, MES, cloud computing), Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, process automation and IoT, and digital twin technology. An independent diagnosis of how AI systems currently understand, cite and recommend a business sits within the Data Analytics & AI focus area.
Can the Digital Discovery grant fund an AI Visibility Audit?
The grant explicitly excludes "routine consultancy audits" of the kind that check a website, a cyber-security posture or an energy system against a fixed standard and stop there. It also excludes implementation work of any kind. Where an AI visibility engagement fits is in the space between those two exclusions: it is a strategic diagnostic exercise whose deliverable is a prioritised, written roadmap for the business to act on — the same shape of output Enterprise Ireland asks for from every Digital Discovery engagement.
That is also, independently of the grant, how Genivista's Independent AI Visibility Diagnostic Audit is already built: an executive summary of where a business stands across AI platforms, a competitive matrix, a source-and-citation analysis, and a prioritised action plan the client's own team or partners can execute. Genivista does not implement the fix, so the deliverable is inherently a roadmap rather than a piece of implementation work.
Worth knowing before you apply. Genivista is not a grant consultant and has no role in Enterprise Ireland's approval process. Whether a specific project is approved is decided by Enterprise Ireland and your Development Advisor, not by us. We'd recommend describing the engagement in your application as a strategic AI visibility assessment producing a roadmap and action plan — consistent with how the grant is scoped.
Who is eligible for the Digital Discovery grant?
- Enterprise Ireland client companies that employ 10 or more full-time staff at the time of application.
- Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) clients that employ 5 or more full-time staff.
- Non-client Irish businesses with 10+ full-time staff, engaged in manufacturing or trading internationally in an eligible services sector.
- Companies that haven't previously availed of Digital Discovery (or where 18+ months have passed since a prior claim).
Client companies of Local Enterprise Offices, Údarás na Gaeltachta or IDA Ireland should contact their own agency adviser about equivalent supports. Receipt of other Enterprise Ireland grants may affect eligibility — check with your Development Advisor.
What does the grant cover — and what doesn't it cover?
- Analysis of existing digital, data or AI systems to identify gaps
- A strategic digital roadmap covering at least 12–18 months
- A defined 4–6 month action plan to support that roadmap
- Independent, third-party diagnostic advisory work
- Guidance on where to introduce new AI or data capability
- Implementation of the fix — SEO work, content, PR, web builds
- Purchase, installation or configuration of software or hardware
- Routine compliance-style audits with no roadmap output
- Finance, HR, sales, marketing or web consultancy
- Staff training
How the figures work
Figures below are Enterprise Ireland's own published terms for Access Advice: Digital Discovery, current as of July 2026. See the source note at the foot of this page.
| Grant feature | Detail | How it applies to a Genivista engagement |
|---|---|---|
| Grant name | Access Advice: Digital Discovery (Enterprise Ireland) | Applied for directly through Enterprise Ireland |
| Eligible focus area | Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence | Matches Genivista's core discipline: AI visibility diagnosis |
| Funding level | Up to 80% of project cost, capped at €5,000 grant | Reduces the net cost of a Diagnostic Audit scoped within the funded band |
| Project cost cap | €6,300 (of which up to €5,000 is grant-funded) | Sets the ceiling for the funded portion of the engagement |
| Consultancy scope | 3–7 days of external advisory, over 8–12 weeks | Comparable in shape to a typical Diagnostic Audit timeline |
| Eligible day rate | Capped at €900/day, inclusive of travel & subsistence | A provider's actual day rate may be higher or lower; any balance is payable by the client |
| Required output | Strategic digital roadmap (12–18 months) + 4–6 month action plan | Matches Genivista's deliverable: an independent, prioritised AI Visibility Action Plan |
| Who applies | The company, directly to Enterprise Ireland | Genivista is a provider you may choose to engage — we don't apply on your behalf |
How do I apply?
- Confirm eligibility — 10+ full-time staff (5+ for HPSU clients), manufacturing or internationally traded services — and identify your Development Advisor if you have one.
- Choose a service provider. Enterprise Ireland recommends considering up to three; there's no approved list, and more than one provider may be used.
- Submit your application through Enterprise Ireland's client portal, describing the project as a strategic roadmap/action-plan engagement. Processing typically takes about two weeks.
- Sign the Letter of Offer once approved, before work begins.
- Complete the engagement — typically 8–12 weeks.
- Submit your claim (Digital Ready Scorecard, progress report, director's statement, provider invoice, proof of payment) within 12 months of the Letter of Offer.
The diagnosis should come before the prescription — and, as it happens, Enterprise Ireland's own grant structure is built around exactly that sequence.
Where a Genivista Diagnostic Audit fits
Genivista's Independent AI Visibility Diagnostic Audit is scoped, fixed-fee work agreed before it begins — an executive summary of where a business stands across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other relevant platforms, a competitive matrix, source and citation analysis, an AI retrieval readiness review, and a prioritised action plan. Genivista does not implement SEO, content, PR, web development or paid media, and takes no commission or referral fee from whoever does. That independence is why the deliverable is, by construction, a roadmap rather than a piece of implementation — the shape of output Digital Discovery is designed to fund.
If you're not yet sure whether there's a real AI visibility issue worth investigating, start with the no-charge AI Visibility Initial Review first. If it surfaces something worth a proper investigation, we can help you scope a Diagnostic Audit to fit Digital Discovery's timeframe and structure before you apply.