<img src="https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/744ac39d33cabbc297b91373bfcac24d/bin/images/Ireland_map.png" alt="Ireland" class="page-header-sidebar-image"> Ireland has provisions in its legislation relating to the granting of compulsory licences. These can be found in Sections 70 to 75 of the Patents Act 1992 . The Controller (or the arbitrator – as the case may be) will consider whether the grounds for the granting of a compulsory licence have been met. The grounds on which an application can be made are as follows: • that a demand in the State for the subject matter of the patent is not being met or is not being met on reasonable terms; or • that a demand in the State for a product which is protected by the patent is being met by importation other than from a member of the WTO; or • that the establishment or development of commercial or industrial activities in the State is unfairly prejudiced. Furthermore, if an invention protected by a patent (“the second patent”) cannot be exploited in the State without infringing rights deriving from another patent (“the first patent”), the proprietor of the second patent may apply to the Controller for a licence under the first patent to the extent necessary for the exploitation of the invention concerned, provided that such invention involves an important technical advance of considerable economic significance in relation to the invention claimed in the first patent. More information can be found [here](https://e-courses.epo.org/wbts_int/CompulsoryLicensing/CL_IE.pdf). ## Generic manufacturers Ireland has its own generic manufacturer: [Medicines for Ireland](https://www.medicinesforireland.ie/).