The objective of An Coimisiún is to preserve and promote Irish Dancing, including step dancing, céili dancing and other team dancing, and also to promote the use of the Irish language.

Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI) is a non-profit, international, inclusive and inter-disciplinary society for scholarship of dance, in all its manifestations, in Ireland and its diaspora.

The National Dance Archive of Ireland (Cartlann Náisiúnta Damhsa na hÉireann) is housed in the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick and works in partnership with Dance Research Forum Ireland, the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and the Arts Council.

The archive is the first of its kind in Ireland and is the most comprehensive in the country. It is committed to collecting, preserving, digitising and cataloguing multimedia dance material, and to providing access to, and guidance on its collections; genres represented in the archive include traditional dance, social dance, contemporary dance, ballet, urban dance and world dance.

The main purpose of WIDA is to promote Irish dancing around the world, while striving to ensure the best possible experience for each individual on their level of involvement in Irish dance. This is encouraged through an open and friendly culture, which is always present at WIDA events, despite the competitive nature of modern Irish dance.