The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the first-stop-shop for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and soft supports such as training and mentoring to anyone wishing to start or grow a business.
The cost of the mentor programme run by each Local Enterprise Office in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 are shown in the table below:
Local Enterprise Office Mentor Expenditure 2016, 2017 and Q1-Q3 2018
Local Enterprise Office
|
2016
|
2017
|
1st Jan - 30th Sept 2018
|
Carlow
|
€41,869
|
€42,425
|
€26,433
|
Cavan
|
€45,917
|
€34,500
|
€25,063
|
Clare
|
€24,590
|
€21,742
|
€24,191
|
Cork City
|
€47,507
|
€42,166
|
€27,976
|
Cork North & West
|
€91,200
|
€88,394
|
€80,074
|
Cork South
|
€45,487
|
€53,748
|
€34,001
|
Donegal
|
€17,208
|
€22,930
|
€11,180
|
Dublin City
|
€178,109
|
€183,405
|
€116,473
|
Dublin South
|
€65,265
|
€57,876
|
€46,475
|
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
€60,701
|
€51,976
|
€32,794
|
Fingal
|
€80,339
|
€74,713
|
€55,251
|
Galway
|
€58,249
|
€76,412
|
€45,418
|
Kerry
|
€37,728
|
€45,005
|
€35,263
|
Kildare
|
€49,669
|
€61,827
|
€27,074
|
Kilkenny
|
€59,924
|
€79,094
|
€50,316
|
Laois
|
€29,676
|
€29,743
|
€22,979
|
Leitrim
|
€34,198
|
€33,309
|
€17,367
|
Limerick
|
€71,987
|
€52,895
|
€25,032
|
Longford
|
€19,377
|
€24,731
|
€13,514
|
Louth
|
€42,177
|
€61,104
|
€28,349
|
Mayo
|
€34,326
|
€55,221
|
€28,303
|
Meath
|
€46,687
|
€59,454
|
€40,771
|
Monaghan
|
€26,883
|
€22,761
|
€11,442
|
Offaly
|
€32,187
|
€41,612
|
€28,433
|
Roscommon
|
€30,707
|
€43,337
|
€32,599
|
Sligo
|
€85,212
|
€112,280
|
€45,087
|
Tipperary
|
€63,426
|
€66,814
|
€46,418
|
Waterford
|
€62,570
|
€77,270
|
€51,099
|
Westmeath
|
€24,278
|
€60,436
|
€26,285
|
Wexford
|
€69,366
|
€66,059
|
€32,682
|
Wicklow
|
€70,201
|
€58,301
|
€40,986
|
TOTAL
|
€1,647,019
|
€1,801,539
|
€1,129,326
|