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Financial assistance duration period, measured from the date in which capital investments for eligible machinery and equipment are completed, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Financial assistance duration period, measured from the last date of payment received in IDA Ireland grant funding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Amount of financial assistance available for each new job created.

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Amount of financial assistance available for creation of machinery and equipment that provides opportunities for new jobs.

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Amount of funding received from IDA Ireland grants.

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Amount of funding received from IDA Ireland grants and recognized as income to offset research and development expenses.

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Grant funding available for the creation of machinery and equipment that leads to job creation, expressed as a percent of total cost to produce machinery and equipment.

No definition available.

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Represents the aggregate number of jobs created in order to be eligible to receive financial assistance under IDA Ireland grants.

No definition available.

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Period benchmark in which the Company may be held to repay a portion of capital grants if a job for which the Company received employment grant funding remains vacant, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 832
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147483507/832-10-50-3

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