Wednesday, 9 Oct 2013

Written Answers Nos. 50-57

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Questions (50)

Gerry Adams

Question:

50. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the ESB group of unions have initiated a legal challenge against the ESB and the Government regarding the special dividend the company is due to pay to the State next year which the union members allege is unlawful as the payment is based on wrongly prepared accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42520/13]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I am aware of the legal challenge against the ESB, which is, or course, a matter for the Board and Management of the ESB. In terms of Ministerial portfolios, clarifications regarding ESB would be for my colleague, the Minister for D/CENR, in the first instance. That said, I understand that such issues were raised in regard to the distribution of the normal dividend at the AGM earlier this year and that the Chairman of the board proceeded with the meeting, including approval of the accounts and of payment of the normal dividend, on the basis of legal and financial advice that all was in order.

Human Rights Issues

Questions (51)

Clare Daly

Question:

51. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Russian Government to free the Greenpeace activists who were charged with piracy as a result of their involvement in peaceful protest. [42539/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am aware that a group of thirty activists affiliated with Greenpeace entered a Gazprom platform off the Russian coast on 18 September and were subsequently detained by the Russian authorities. All have now been charged with the serious crime of piracy. While there are no Irish citizens involved, the situation has been monitored by my Department and the Irish Embassy in Moscow. We are not in a position to say whether the actions undertaken by Greenpeace were merely a case of illegal entry or if any risks to the safety or operation of the rig were involved. However, I would urge the Russian authorities to respond in a proportionate way to any breach of the law which I hope can lead to a rapid release of those involved. In that connection, I note statements reportedly made by President Putin to the effect that he does not personally consider the incident to be an act of piracy. I would also call on the Russian authorities to ensure that the activists receive the legal and consular assistance to which they are entitled.

Overseas Development Aid Issues

Questions (52)

Patrick Nulty

Question:

52. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on Ireland's aid commitments in budget 2014; if he will ensure that budget 2014 meets Ireland's commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42669/13]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Government is committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme. This commitment was expressed and enhanced by the publication earlier this year of our new Policy on International Development, “One World, One Future” which clearly sets out our vision for a sustainable and just world, and our goals and areas of focus for the coming years. It also reaffirms the centrality of the aid programme to our foreign policy. The new policy states clearly our commitment to achieving the UN target of providing 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) for Official Development Assistance (ODA) when economic circumstances permit.

Over the past two years, the Government has broadly stabilised the budget for development assistance – allocating €629 million on ODA in 2012 and €622 million in 2013. These very significant allocations of public funds clearly demonstrate that we have consolidated the development assistance budget - a major achievement in light of the very difficult fiscal conditions facing the Government. Equally importantly, our aid programme remains one of the best in the world and our leadership on the hunger and nutrition agendas continues to be acknowledged internationally.

The Estimates process for Budget 2014 is now in its final stages and is being framed in the context of the Government’s overall fiscal consolidation strategy. The Departmental budget allocations for 2014 will be a matter for Government decision and will be announced in the Budget Statement next week.

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Questions (53)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the individual cost for each of Ireland's embassies for each of the past five years; the budget breakdown for each embassy in 2012; the number of jobs that are directly attributed to each of Ireland's embassies; and the cost per job for each of Ireland's embassies. [42758/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ireland’s missions abroad perform a wide range of functions in pursuit of Ireland’s foreign policy interests. These include representing and advancing government policies with other States and in international organisations, in particular the EU and the UN; economic, trade and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to Irish citizens overseas; engaging with Irish communities and harnessing the resource they offer in assisting economic recovery; and programme management, particularly in Irish Aid priority countries. The figures in the tables below include expenditure charged to mission budgets. Salary and related costs of staff posted from Ireland are not included as they are a charge on the overall budget of the Department rather than on a specific mission. Local staff salaries in missions abroad are reflective of the prevailing labour market conditions in the host country. Capital expenditure is not included as such expenditure does not form part of the Mission’s budget. For ease of reference, the figures provided have been separated into Vote 28 Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 International Cooperation. The costs of a number of missions that manage significant programmes on behalf of Irish Aid are charged to Vote 27. The effective implementation of the aid programmes necessarily entails additional management and oversight costs which are included in the figures provided below. In addition to 25 locally recruited core staff, in the region of 180 locally-employed staff are engaged on the development cooperation side to meet technical requirements in specific programme areas. The numbers of such staff in each mission at any time varies in accordance with programme requirements.

Table I Vote 28 Mission Budgets 2009-2013 - All figures in Euro

Mission	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013 (to Oct 7) provisional
Berne	427,988	429,447	499,593	494,120	350,546
Berlin	1,021,130	907,409	926,903	913,175	687,680
Boston	373,100	377,114	359,624	322,655	276,833
Brussels (Embassy incl.PfP)	1,132,756	816,501	799,662	865,955	522,728
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the EU)	3,312,397	3,322,071	3,358,265	3,475,453	3,007,136
Buenos Aires	372,902	438,541	415,840	389,242	245,222
Cairo	396,525	382,190	423,531	449,905	314,115
Canberra	659,319	760,935	746,570	814,655	570,560
Chicago	326,566	345,200	341,645	310,363	251,385
Copenhagen	423,347	400,517	383,102	371,804	290,903
Geneva	1,075,171	1,158,745	1,262,958	1,282,415	967,805
The Hague	652,976	741,184	652,113	698,164	491,815
Abuja	290,016	278,241	252,983	578,891	234,939
Lisbon	376,881	347,406	427,883	378,173	283,960
London (Includes PPO London)	3,807,568	3,448,547	3,064,169	3,082,408	1,821,250
Luxembourg	692,201	687,546	387,042	390,796	279,958
Madrid	1,192,169	1,073,062	971,018	948,846	715,302
Moscow	759,994	758,895	731,157	747,034	589,501
New Delhi	474,056	743,338	668,436	625,499	784,319
New York - PM	1,266,438	1,773,546	1,956,879	1,482,968	1,476,496
New York - C.G.	1,761,317	1,798,093	1,669,443	1,807,527	1,281,099
Ottawa	484,809	555,300	561,303	592,000	452,786
Paris	1,684,107	1,698,403	1,647,082	1,642,537	1,166,859
Rome	1,200,155	1,187,410	1,146,284	1,236,144	694,441
San Francisco	418,088	427,629	339,433	354,308	290,175
Stockholm	396,501	474,031	614,346	543,748	394,729
Tokyo	2,040,450	1,581,230	2,284,440	1,974,624	751,556
Vienna	636,769	654,487	655,547	645,485	452,218
Washington	1,200,800	1,236,780	1,072,065	1,100,010	811,732
Oslo	594,344	551,146	643,122	626,232	491,463
Strasbourg	425,598	415,027	409,611	404,664	306,560
Riyadh	505,645	344,037	325,653	356,302	239,825
Athens	479,663	489,042	471,858	432,334	324,914
Beijing	674,053	728,852	720,028	849,941	393,067
Seoul	336,119	677,583	357,767	361,906	620,573
Warsaw	823,095	782,993	737,398	759,222	491,508
Helsinki	560,166	526,400	508,919	458,120	351,807
Pretoria	533,210	684,301	609,858	543,506	344,127
Prague	544,386	566,321	570,991	543,723	366,675
Kuala Lumpur	343,486	362,896	351,349	381,455	287,652
Budapest	487,050	453,678	486,420	435,054	323,714
OSCE Vienna	438,703	482,715	406,167	402,388	311,739
Tel Aviv	581,112	585,185	548,468	594,682	552,418
Edinburgh	221,185	229,941	198,844	205,443	162,164
Ankara	389,863	394,114	379,651	388,218	286,987
Mexico	451,487	441,289	437,906	480,370	323,079
Sydney	483,921	565,349	624,044	695,376	486,293
Shanghai	506,973	552,387	555,166	594,016	339,994
Singapore	801,544	821,066	814,117	929,842	541,696
Ramallah	286,028	348,085	241,485	358,061	269,687
Nicosia	405,689	397,820	366,537	278,623	200,569
Ljubljana	431,438	421,396	400,385	391,035	258,221
Tallinn	350,750	412,343	378,515	380,644	206,016
Bratislava	409,568	358,004	356,754	294,081	213,785
Brasilia	451,615	554,554	529,305	522,166	352,221
Bucharest	525,399	433,408	472,071	462,086	296,672
Sofia	394,384	367,570	360,831	355,993	277,278
Riga	368,369	341,547	183,604	175,148	135,401
Vilnius	452,427	426,413	414,957	367,982	220,390
Valletta	326,847	324,574	324,249	332,877	228,102
Abu Dhabi	372,155	545,048	385,694	388,784	128,580
Atlanta - Consulate	0	35,380	132,798	171,487	113,814
Holy See	429,188	435,726	413,623	7,334	9,413
Tehran	508,622	449,698	248,257	246,413	0

Table II Vote 28 Mission Budget Breakdown 2012 - All figures in Euro

Mission	A1 Salaries, Wages & Allowances	A2 Travel & Subsistence	A3 Incidental Expenses	A4 Postal & TelecomExpenses	A5 Office machinery & other office expenses	A6 Office Premises Expenses
Berne	352,486	6,275	12,077	14,112	3,995	105,173
Berlin	485,446	18,316	25,298	24,767	8,380	350,969
Boston	233,288	4,309	1,497	11,530	4,567	67,463
Brussels Embassy incl.PfP	355,505	4,167	13,571	8,265	7,565	484,447
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the EU)	1,863,134	187,745	158,336	113,483	78,913	1,073,841
Buenos Aires	188,355	24,656	10,759	10,497	907	154,068
Cairo	220,509	21,395	5,597	20,183	2,360	179,860
Canberra	585,498	60,655	13,718	39,676	11,733	103,376
Chicago	234,620	13,895	1,830	17,979	4,223	37,817
Copenhagen	271,042	6,878	15,822	13,306	3,240	61,517
Geneva	703,743	35,140	11,200	24,554	9,722	498,056
The Hague	478,255	5,888	55,699	23,724	4,615	129,982
Abuja	151,642	39,557	53,601	14,761	5,891	313,439
Lisbon	199,341	3,412	9,279	20,474	1,486	144,181
London incl.PPO	1,696,886	46,471	89,322	159,999	64,713	1,025,019
Luxembourg	253,468	3	4,530	6,426	1,326	125,043
Madrid	592,184	6,827	8,654	25,371	4,570	311,239
Moscow	404,176	38,357	24,988	33,475	8,175	237,864
New Delhi	177,043	31,721	11,515	15,611	8,948	380,661
New York - PMUN	899,805	2,606	9,615	33,361	18,800	518,782
New York – Consul General.	869,113	20,027	14,189	8,149	21,126	874,924
Ottawa	340,061	39,117	19,200	24,504	11,725	157,394
Paris	1,231,041	22,147	21,924	33,339	13,235	320,851
Rome	759,610	23,350	38,469	32,321	9,743	372,650
San Francisco	202,647	10,289	1,292	-21,149	7,399	153,830
Stockholm	251,279	4,069	10,127	9,714	3,297	265,261
Tokyo	894,385	19,045	41,368	25,967	7,488	986,372
Vienna	375,971	2,117	13,614	10,270	4,942	238,572
Washington	884,578	47,219	27,627	42,479	9,571	88,537
Oslo	275,198	1,226	13,531	13,621	3,690	318,966
Strasbourg	271,237	4,987	6,752	12,505	3,452	105,731
Riyadh	261,172	16,321	11,084	10,411	4,547	52,768
Athens	246,386	6,609	12,141	9,527	2,033	155,638
Beijing	355,444	37,459	24,786	31,498	7,795	392,959
Seoul	156,792	10,290	5,732	10,429	2,019	176,643
Warsaw	279,409	30,410	28,083	21,264	7,363	392,692
Helsinki	215,505	3,305	9,910	10,738	2,641	216,022
Pretoria	259,793	29,653	22,430	37,644	10,395	183,591
Prague	274,434	8,606	15,193	13,904	6,948	224,638
Kuala Lumpur	158,954	6,339	10,757	8,740	1,933	194,731
Budapest	128,007	7,884	12,550	11,926	1,789	272,898
OSCE - Vienna	192,415	17,531	10,601	15,215	3,277	163,349
Tel Aviv	212,167	2,730	16,297	12,588	1,819	349,081
Edinburgh	108,743	2,057	2,890	9,243	2,201	80,309
Ankara	191,677	18,209	14,560	15,099	5,925	142,747
Mexico	194,623	34,647	13,359	21,559	2,605	213,576
Sydney	348,278	6,761	2,257	21,603	4,625	311,852
Shanghai	155,658	6,458	10,455	14,544	3,772	403,129
Singapore	330,317	28,798	9,687	2,357	1,984	556,700
Ramallah	169,064	2,403	19,896	7,753	1,818	157,127
Nicosia	124,581	228	6,882	5,747	2,026	139,157
Ljubljana	201,644	10,869	15,147	9,524	4,807	149,044
Tallinn	61,588	2,406	5,503	7,652	1,776	301,719
Bratislava	92,438	1,565	5,781	6,286	1,329	186,683
Brasilia	237,266	25,750	11,840	17,609	2,229	227,473
Bucharest	159,532	4,299	10,704	10,580	2,738	274,233
Sofia	103,524	1,933	21,037	7,304	436	221,759
Riga	62,341	1,258	7,245	4,435	1,691	98,177
Vilnius	116,847	49	7,934	5,745	1,190	236,218
Valletta	88,515	11,397	1,459	10,816	3,604	217,087
Abu Dhabi	168,222	15,481	11,488	10,159	2,261	181,174
Atlanta - Consulate	97,905	11,430	1,843	6,575	1,350	52,385
Holy See	1,688	5,654	-	-	-	-
Tehran	274,506	145	-12,417	509	12	-16,341

Table III Vote 28 Current Number of Staff in Each Mission*

Mission	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ	Locally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staff
Abu Dhabi	2	4
Abuja	2	5
Ankara	3	4
Athens	3	4.3*
Atlanta	1	1
Beijing	3	12
Berlin	5	7
Berne	2	3
Boston	2	3
Brasilia	2	4
Bratislava	1	2
Brussels (Embassy – including PfP)	4	4
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the European Union)	37	6
Bucharest	2	5
Budapest	2	4
Buenos Aires	2	3.4*
Cairo	3	6
Canberra	2	7.1*
Chicago	2	3.4*
Copenhagen	2	4.4*
Edinburgh	2	1
Geneva (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) (Including temporary extra staff relating to Ireland’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council)	12	3.5*
Helsinki	2	3
Kuala Lumpur	2	5.5*
Lisbon	2	3
Ljubljana	2	3
London (including PPO)	24	13.5*
Luxembourg	1	3.5
Madrid	3	9
Mexico	3	5
Moscow	5	9
New Delhi	3	6
New York - Consulate General	4	12
New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations)	9	6
Nicosia	1	3
Oslo	2	3
Ottawa	3	5
Paris	5	13
Paris (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO)	2	1
Prague	2	5
Pretoria	4	8
Ramallah	2	4
Riga	1	2
Riyadh	2	8
Rome	2	8.8*
San Francisco	2	3
Seoul	2	4
Shanghai	3	4
Singapore	2	4
Sofia	2	4
Stockholm	2	3
Strasbourg	3	3
Sydney	2	3
Tallinn	1	2
Tel Aviv	2	3.5**
The Hague	3	5
Tokyo	3	7
Valletta	1	2
Vienna (Embassy)	3	5
Vienna (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe)	2	3
Vilnius	2	3
Warsaw	3	4
Washington DC	8	8

*The table does not include Consulates headed by Honorary Consuls, the staff of which are not employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

** Full Time Equivalent - this number takes account of officers on work-sharing arrangements.

Table IV Vote 28 Current Average Salary of Local Staff

Mission	Number of Local Staff	Average Salary
Abu Dhabi	4	24,891
Abuja	5	19,697
Ankara	4	21,442
Athens	4.3	27,841
Atlanta - Consulate	1	33,540
Beijing	12	16,242
Berlin	7	33,766
Berne	3	59,831
Boston	3	41,213
Brasilia	4	26,673
Bratislava	2	27,192
Brussels (Embassy incl.PfP)	4	24,729
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the EU)	6	32,475
Bucharest	5	14,001
Budapest	4	12,050
Buenos Aires	3.4	33,736
Cairo	6	16,840
Canberra	7.1	60,231
Chicago	3.4	38,470
Copenhagen	4.4	41,516
Edinburgh	1	3,248
Geneva	3.5	73,000
Helsinki	3	31,224
Kuala Lumpur	5.5	10,754
Lisbon	3	32,104
Ljubljana	3	33,069
London - PPO	13.5	10,331
Luxembourg	3.5	48,834
Madrid	9	33,046
Mexico	5	14,507
Moscow	9	15,253
New Delhi	6	10,940
New York - C.G.	12	40,501
New York - PMUN	6	45,499
Nicosia	3	26,880
OSCE- Vienna	3	25,903
Oslo	3	55,329
Ottawa	5	39,383
Paris incl. OSCE	14	28,442
Prague	5	25,006
Pretoria	8	18,449
Ramallah	4	28,877
Riga	2	25,412
Riyadh	8	20,754
Rome	8.8	50,201
San Francisco	3	33,032
Seoul	4	21,532
Shanghai	4	14,540
Singapore	4	35,110
Sofia	4	15,050
Stockholm	3	47,190
Strasbourg	3	41,222
Sydney	3	59,558
Tallinn	2	15,209
Tel Aviv	3.5	34,309
The Hague	5	49,039
Tokyo	7	74,930
Valletta	2	31,230
Vienna	5	41,382
Vilnius	3	25,476
Warsaw	4	30,056
Washington	8	37,074

Table V Vote 27 Mission Budgets 2009-2013 - All figures in Euro

Mission	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013- Budget Allocation
Ethiopia	814,794	882,686	548,335	519,543	477,059
Tanzania	791,452	705,715	671,611	741,521	871,975
Sierra Leone	215,849	197,232	280,358	231,457	273,750
Vietnam	538,448	605,144	587,427	622,536	602,000
Uganda	1,065,810	1,113,518	744,844	879,949	1,526,980
Malawi	415,038	427,874	394,720	395,899	543,420
Zambia	927,187	1,061,047	1,063,136	934,416	1,103,200
Mozambique	1,178,145	983,406	833,362	882,549	996,701
Lesotho	468,849	497,411	496,429	502,659	561,510
South Africa	296,057	375,166	336,384	305,053	369,170
Timor Leste	165,803	148,716	108,723	142,081	0

Table VI Vote 27 Mission Budget Breakdown 2012 - All figures in Euro

Subhead Mission	A1 Salaries & Allowances	A2 Travel & Subsistence	A3 Incidentals	A4 Postal & Telecomms	A5 Office Machinery & Other Office Expenses	A6 Premises	Total
Ethiopia	356,792	14,346	56,086	9,025	11,586	71,708	519,543
Tanzania	480,919	53,401	103,820	22,723	25,303	55,356	741,521
Sierra Leone	46,087	29,243	25,078	9,489	5,088	116,471	231,457
Vietnam	167,447	83,591	40,160	13,637	10,156	307,544	622,536
Uganda	424,384	57,275	160,659	21,521	17,566	198,544	879,949
Malawi	116,237	39,983	80,326	19,404	22,997	116,952	395,899
Zambia	707,639	52,015	94,417	20,876	14,415	45,056	934,416
Mozambique	365,122	80,644	149,910	37,265	33,985	215,622	882,549
Lesotho	294,141	24,252	43,095	26,619	8,513	106,039	502,659
Sth. Africa	132,669	21,062	54,931	3,174	5,253	87,964	305,053
Timor Leste	36,286	19,819	17,655	10,423	3,556	54,342	142,081

Job Creation Data

Questions (54)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of jobs that have been created here that are directly attributable to his Department for each of the past two years. [42761/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Government’s Trade Strategy, Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy, identifies high level targets for growth in exports, investment, tourism and jobs for the period to 2015 and feeds into the targets set in the Action Plan for Jobs. These targets have been identified by the relevant Departments and the State Agencies under their aegis. In overseas markets, my Department and our Embassy network work very closely with the State Agencies, including Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Bord Bia and Tourism Ireland. In the twenty seven priority overseas markets identified under the Strategy, Local Market Teams chaired by the Ambassador and including the State Agencies present in the particular market have been established to drive the common effort towards the achievement of the identified targets. Local Market Plans drawn up by these teams are reviewed by the Export Trade Council which I chair and which includes the relevant Ministers as well as the CEOs of the State Agencies and members from the private sector. The work of my Department and the Embassy network in engaging with key political and business figures in overseas markets, and on economic messaging designed to enhance confidence in our economic recovery, contributes directly to the achievement of the growth in domestic employment, as does the ongoing extensive support given by our Embassies to the trade missions organised by the State Agencies. This year our Embassies will support a total of eighteen Ministerial-led Enterprise Ireland trade missions involving Irish companies, as well as a range of other overseas Ministerial visits focussed on driving job growth at home through building our international trading and investment opportunities, in both mature and high growth markets. Each year the St. Patrick’s Day period provides a particular focus for our efforts to support job creation in the domestic economy and the Embassy network exploits to the full all the opportunities it provides for Ministerial led missions and other economic, business and cultural activity.

The Global Irish Network established by my Department is also contributing its ideas and support to the drive for jobs and I am pleased to note that at the most recent meeting of the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle last weekend there was a very positive interaction at an Enterprise Ireland industry event between the Irish SME sector and the network.

Departmental Staff Data

Questions (55)

Seán Fleming

Question:

55. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43036/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

To date, a total of eighteen age-related retirements have taken place in 2013 in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A further eight officers will retire by the end of 2013 i.e. six age-related retirements and two under the cost neutral Early Retirement Scheme. A total of fourteen officers are scheduled to retire in 2014, on reaching mandatory retirement age. No officer has so far submitted notice of an intention to retire under the cost neutral Early Retirement Scheme in 2014. There is no targeted redundancy scheme in place in my Department.

Credit Review Office Appeals

Questions (56, 57)

Derek Nolan

Question:

56. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a county breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of businesses which have used State supports such as the Credit Review Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42615/13]

Derek Nolan

Question:

57. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a county breakdown in tabular form of the number of businesses in the constituency of Galway West which have used State supports for Irish businesses such as the Credit Review Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42616/13]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together.

The Credit Review Office (CRO) has provided me with the following information:

County	Number of Applications To Date
Carlow	4
Cavan	6
Clare	4
Cork	36
Donegal	9
Dublin	101
Galway	9
Kerry	15
Kildare	11
Kilkenny	4
Laois	7
Leitrim	2
Limerick	22
Longford	6
Louth	8
Mayo	9
Meath	11
Monaghan	2
Offaly	4
Roscommon	4
Sligo	3
Tipperary	17
Waterford	12
Westmeath	7
Wexford	9
Wicklow	10
Total	332

The CRO does not record applications by constituency but I am informed that there have been 9 applications to the CRO by SMEs in the county of Galway.