Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2019
582. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise offices; the number of staff that work in each office in tabular form; the number of staff who work in the local enterprise office, LEO, section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19341/19]
View answerThere are 31 Local Enterprise Office (LEOs) located across the Local Authority network in Ireland. The LEOs are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for anyone intending to start or grow a business.
Table 1 below sets out the number of sanctioned LEO staff through the DBEI pay allocation for each of the 31 LEOs.
In respect to my Department there are 5 DBEI staff with specific LEO Liaison Unit responsibilities comprising one Principal Officer, one Assistant Principal Officer, one Higher Executive Officer, one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer.
Table 1:
|
LEO |
Sanctioned LEO Staffing Allocation funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019 |
Actual LEO Staffing funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019 |
|
Carlow |
5 |
5 |
|
Cavan |
5 |
5 |
|
Clare |
6 |
6 |
|
Cork City |
8 |
8 |
|
Cork N&W |
9 |
9 |
|
Cork South |
7 |
7 |
|
Donegal |
6 |
6 |
|
Dublin City |
11 |
11 |
|
Dublin South |
9 |
8 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
8 |
5 |
|
Fingal |
9 |
9 |
|
Galway |
8 |
8 |
|
Kerry |
6 |
6 |
|
Kildare |
8 |
8 |
|
Kilkenny |
6 |
5 |
|
Laois |
5 |
4 |
|
Leitrim |
5 |
5 |
|
Limerick |
9 |
8 |
|
Longford |
5 |
5 |
|
Louth |
6 |
5 |
|
Mayo |
6 |
6 |
|
Meath |
8 |
8 |
|
Monaghan |
5 |
4 |
|
Offaly |
5 |
5 |
|
Roscommon |
5 |
5 |
|
Sligo |
5 |
5 |
|
Tipperary |
8 |
7 |
|
Waterford |
8 |
8 |
|
Westmeath |
6 |
6 |
|
Wexford |
6 |
6 |
|
Wicklow |
6 |
6 |
|
Total |
209 |
199 |
