Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD today announced that DeCare Systems Ireland Limited is to undertake a strategic expansion of its business at the University Technology Centre, Cork. With the support of IDA Ireland, the expansion will create 100 new high level positions over five years.

DeCare Systems Ireland Ltd. is a subsidiary of DeCare International (Minnesota), one of the largest dental insurance management companies in the US.  In 1998 DeCare International established a software development center in Cork to provide software and web solutions for its parent company.  DeCare Ireland has fulfilled its mandate and in addition has developed substantial new business in supplying custom software and web solutions to global clients in the US and Europe.

The current expansion will increase capacity to take account of growing demand and will offer additional value added services in consultancy and software development. DeCare Ireland will expand its management group to improve identification and implementation of development opportunities.

Martin said: “this is excellent news for Cork as it offers new opportunities for highly qualified and experienced software people in management, development, IT services and sales and marketing. DeCare’s Cork operation has a very successful track record to date.  This strategic expansion will further enhance the Irish company’s role within the overall DeCare group.  DeCare’s Irish management and workforce are to be congratulated for securing these knowledge based activities. In co-operation with IDA Ireland, the company has been very proactive in developing new activities, such as Internet and e-commerce solutions. The expansion of its activities in Cork is a major strategic development, in terms of its scale and depth,” Martin added.

John Murphy, DeCare Systems Ireland’s General Manager said: “We are very pleased with the performance of our operation in Cork and are implementing this strategic investment there because of our success to date.  DeCare Systems has a world class software development team in Cork and has a proven track record in developing high quality Java and Net systems. This expansion plans to take advantage of the new opportunities arising from the growing demand for our services and our ability to offer further value-added services in consultancy and systems integration and in addition, boost the operation’s marketing function to increase our customer base.”