The number of grant applications received by both Limerick City and County Enterprise Board for each month in 2012, 2013 and from January to March 2014 are shown in the following table. Since the establishment of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in April LEO Limerick no longer keeps separate records for the City and County areas, as it is now dealing with Limerick as a whole.
-
|
2012
|
2012
|
2013
|
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
2014
|
CEB
|
Limerick City
|
Limerick County
|
Limerick City
|
Limerick County
|
Limerick City
|
Limerick County
|
LEO Limerick
|
Jan
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
3
|
10
|
N/A
|
Feb
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
N/A
|
Mar
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
11
|
N/A
|
Apr
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
0
|
May
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3
|
June
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
5
|
July
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2
|
Aug
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
10
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1
|
Sept
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
7
|
Oct
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
|
Nov
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
|
Dec
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
In addition, the LEO Limerick received 38 applications under the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, under which applicants are competing for investments of up to €50,000 at County level and up to €100,000 for the overall national winner.