The Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1999 was enacted by the Oireachtas in July 1999, putting the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown on the same statutory footing as the twelve other Institutes of Technologies in Ireland already operating under the Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 and 1994.

[citation needed] Some of these include National Road Authority, IBM, Intel, Havoc, Wavebob, ESB, Health Service Executive, SMEs on the Innovation Voucher Scheme.

The component buildings, with a total area of over 22,000 square metres, and capital cost exceeding €50 million,[citation needed] are: The first sporting club was founded in ITB in 1999.

Sports clubs in ITB include Gaelic games, soccer, futsal, pool, basketball, swimming, athletics, martial arts, rugby, badminton, boxing, golf, ski and Olympic handball.

Every student who registers at the institute is automatically a member,[7] with a portion of their registration fee going to the upkeep of the Union.