Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2012
288 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location at which the local enterprise office in County Meath will be located; if there will be multiple offices in the county or one central office; if only one central, will there be outreach days or events in other parts of the county so an awareness is built about the new office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/12]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, under the recently launched Action Plan for Jobs, I propose to establish a new "one-stop-shop" small and micro-enterprise support structure. These "One Stop Shops" will be called "Local Enterprise Offices" and will build on the significant work done by the CEBs to date. The new structure will be achieved through the dissolution of the existing CEBs and the creation of a new Micro Enterprise and Small Business Unit within Enterprise Ireland that will work with the Local Authorities to establish a Local Enterprise Office (LEO) in each Local Authority.
In conjunction with the dissolution of the CEB legal structure, Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authorities will be tasked with the practicalities of setting-up and rolling-out a LEO structure. In this regard there is clearly a lot of detailed developmental work to be done over the coming months to effect these changes, and to put appropriate new structures in place.
