Local Enterprise Offices Data

Friday, 16 September 2016

Questions (1861)

Niall Collins

Question:

1861. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of drawdowns and approvals issued by each local enterprise office on 30 June 2016, 31 December 2015 and 30 June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24351/16]

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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Capital funding for the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) is provided by my Department via the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Enterprise Ireland, who distribute the funding to individual LEOs. The Capital allocations are for direct financial supports to the micro-enterprise sector (Measure 1 grants) and so-called “soft” supports for LEO clients, such as training and mentoring (Measure 2 supports). Measure 1 grants are given out to LEO client companies, in the form of priming, business expansion and feasibility grants. Since 2014, the LEOs also disburse direct Capital funding in the form of investments to successful applicants under the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition.

Details of the Capital allocations to the 31 LEOs in 2015 and 2016 to date, along with details of expenditure at end June 2015, end December 2015 and end June 2016 are set out in Tables 1 and 2.

The total value of the Measure 1 direct grant assistance made by the LEOs to their clients over in this period may also include an element of refundable aid which is generated by the LEOs from repayments by clients of up to 30% of the value of the grants made. The Measure 2 expenditure may include an element of own resource income generated by the LEOs from their training courses and mentoring services, etc. These additional elements are included in the expenditure amounts in the tables.

It should be noted that the Centre of Excellence in Enterprise Ireland carry out a review of expenditure by the LEOs in September each year. Accordingly, revisions to the Capital allocations for 2016 may be made before the end of the year to maximise expenditure across the LEOs.

Table 1: LEO Capital Allocations 2016 and Expenditure End June 2016

LEO	2016 M1 Budget Allocation as @ 14 Sept 2016 (€)	2016 M2 Budget Allocation as @ 14 Sept 2016 (€)	M1 Expenditure (Jan 16 to End Jun 16) (€)	M2 Expenditure incl. IBYE (Jan 16 to End Jun 16) (€)
Carlow	180,623	167,565	83,620	89,240
Cavan	259,730	176,197	34,137	123,620
Clare	456,313	196,655	220,967	126,511
Cork City	212,311	197,600	144,889	128,030
Cork North/ West	459,954	382,570	229,487	205,808
Cork South	510,427	239,790	152,338	220,665
Donegal	232,861	217,079	106,347	181,200
Dublin City	562,575	387,422	304,843	246,145
Dublin South	338,895	265,452	184,202	135,008
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown	299,989	238,054	179,741	219,284
Fingal	403,203	269,536	211,871	189,852
Galway	276,758	258,688	134,699	123,027
Kerry	225,194	209,812	199,808	93,365
Kildare	256,976	239,937	153,538	140,296
Kilkenny	255,634	186,532	61,553	109,970
Laois	183,944	179,625	33,657	104,298
Leitrim	155,296	146,975	39,913	99,128
Limerick	582,903	373,516	280,694	185,601
Longford	164,167	160,308	45,107	76,285
Louth	464,109	199,305	57,520	120,890
Mayo	297,905	202,903	153,133	120,329
Meath	244,139	227,769	70,857	132,916
Monaghan	183,502	170,294	101,819	98,042
Offaly	191,449	177,825	100,316	84,184
Roscommon	176,050	171,959	38,963	114,916
Sligo	216,704	172,576	85,965	94,850
Tipperary	446,694	358,152	369,395	228,779
Waterford	344,646	337,253	245,051	121,863
Westmeath	321,096	182,231	105,754	98,000
Wexford	225,105	209,727	144,664	200,547
Wicklow	220,848	205,693	97,477	110,598
Total	9,350,000	7,109,000	4,372,324	4,323,246

Table 2: LEO Capital Allocations 2015 and Expenditure End June 2015 and End Dec 2015

LEO	Final 2015 M1 Budget Allocation (€)	Final 2015 M2 Budget Allocation (€)	M1 Expenditure (Jan 15 to End Jun 15) (€)	M2 Expenditure incl. IBYE (Jan 15 to End Jun 15) (€)	2015 M1 Expenditure (Full Year) (€)	2015 M2 Expenditure incl. IBYE (Full Year) (€)
Carlow	191,585	182,266	40,297	137,808	195,636	310,306
Cavan	300,328	181,298	101,659	345,261	303,796	366,562
Clare	476,308	202,973	93,011	46,778	351,182	271,566
Cork City	202,274	203,971	99,855	140,771	199,041	342,760
Cork North/ West	456,645	368,784	76,909	226,032	298,678	660,360
Cork South	630,427	274,049	173,976	255,270	425,156	422,886
Donegal	222,302	224,662	93,008	121,840	233,088	394,172
Dublin City	626,035	404,147	206,888	207,947	602,065	507,834
Dublin South	326,996	276,001	182,031	190,982	375,977	410,369
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown	289,263	267,227	214,340	251,516	390,449	529,532
Fingal	570,751	279,880	306,474	214,232	698,616	585,818
Galway	265,021	268,795	43,110	97,274	223,870	381,668
Kerry	274,733	226,842	46,419	134,109	285,394	278,518
Kildare	245,674	248,807	67,875	165,763	214,422	407,100
Kilkenny	246,047	192,372	90,994	122,761	243,868	324,531
Laois	183,944	185,033	108,034	128,523	244,659	197,881
Leitrim	167,105	146,975	90,576	116,570	213,628	313,891
Limerick	672,374	385,033	339,757	188,902	725,223	554,054
Longford	164,167	164,602	35,889	76,925	182,677	187,273
Louth	494,131	205,890	52,723	142,771	195,023	227,593
Mayo	357,823	209,703	174,393	164,202	279,505	400,073
Meath	233,317	236,042	73,664	189,952	166,085	334,562
Monaghan	174,427	175,202	109,046	82,392	208,518	247,272
Offaly	182,203	183,235	142,759	112,726	292,979	189,903
Roscommon	192,550	176,878	57,067	78,689	225,659	152,723
Sligo	216,704	187,554	66,901	100,692	170,702	302,934
Tipperary	516,808	368,952	329,905	144,040	686,295	571,637
Waterford	345,383	346,818	208,489	140,491	396,950	374,124
Westmeath	391,567	187,743	104,856	93,584	321,587	291,887
Wexford	214,840	216,953	70,515	198,368	303,780	410,228
Wicklow	340,634	222,607	123,036	150,626	393,945	349,196
Total	8,332,366	7,401,294	3,924,457	4,767,797	10,048,453	11,299,213