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Local Enterprise Offices Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 October 2019

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Questions (152)

Robert Troy

Question:

152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full and part-time staff employed in local enterprise offices nationally and by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and in budget 2020, including staff and non-staff costs; the number of LEOs in each county and local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43997/19]

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Enterprise Ireland is responsible for the overall administration of the Local Enterprise Offices in partnership with my Department and the Local Authorities.  This is a partnership which is working extremely well.  The LEOs working locally on the ground are at the coalface of business supports for micro businesses in all their variations throughout Ireland and understand the needs of their local business community.  

The data requested for the Local Enterprise Offices is presented as follows in tabular form and includes all data in respect of the years 2016 to 2019.  With regard to Budget 2020 and the data for the coming year, the Deputy will be aware that Budget 2020 sets out the Current and Capital ceilings for my Department (€339 million and €632 million respectively). However, the definitive allocations for each of the subheads will not be finalised until the annual Revised Estimates process is completed. The Revised Estimates Volume is usually published in early December and will set out the final agreed 2020 allocation for each subhead.

Table 1 – LEO employee data for 2016 to 2019

Local   Enterprise Office

Total 2016   Employed in LEO

2017 Total   Employed in LEO

2018 Total   Employed in LEO

2019 Total   Employed in LEO

Carlow

4

4

4

5

Cavan

4

5

5

5

Clare

4

6

6

6

Cork City

5

5

8

8

Cork   North/West

7

8

8

9

Cork South

6

6

7

6

Donegal

6

6

6

6

Dublin City

11

11

11

11

Dublin South

7

8

8

8

Dun   Laoghaire/Rathdown

7

7

6

8

Fingal

8

8

8

9

Galway

7

7

8

7

Kerry

6

5

6

6

Kildare

5

8

7

8

Kilkenny

6

6

4

6

Laois

4

4

5

5

Leitrim

5

4

5

5

Limerick

6

9

9

9

Longford

3

3

5

5

Louth

5

4

5

5

Mayo

6

6

6

5

Meath

5

6

7

8

Monaghan

4

5

5

5

Offaly

5

5

5

5

Roscommon

3

4

5

5

Sligo

4

4

5

5

Tipperary

8

7

7

8

Waterford

8

8

7

8

Westmeath

6

6

6

6

Wexford

5

4

5

6

Wicklow

6

5

5

6

TOTAL

176

184

194

204

- LEO staff data provided is the aggregate of full and part time staff. There is variation in the part time status of LEO staff ranging from 0.5 whole time equivalent (WTE) to 0.95 WTE. Therefore the provision of aggregate part time date may infer that staff are half time rather than 0.8 WTE which is majority status for part time staff.

- The total employed in the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) each year is as reported to Enterprise Ireland in the fourth quarter of each year to claim their pay contribution.

- The Pay contribution model was agreed between Enterprise Ireland and the County and City Managers Association with sanction from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to fund 178 LEO staff.

- Local Authorities may employ additional LEO staff but these are not recorded by Enterprise Ireland.

- The data above includes those employed by the Local Authority, those employed by Enterprise Ireland and seconded to the LEO and those on the LEO Graduate programmes. 

Table 2 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2019 including staff and non-staff costs

LEO

Pay Allocation 2019 €

Non-staff Allocation[1] 2019 €

Current Allocation 2019 €

Capital Allocation[2] 2019 €

Carlow

 196,061

 43,049

 239,110

 847,098

Cavan

 207,745

 43,049

 250,794

 792,034

Clare

 237,373

 43,049

 280,422

 734,736

Cork City

 304,626

 69,860

 374,486

 792,495

Cork   North/West

 331,345

 61,074

 392,419

 1,056,299

Cork South

 267,132

 43,049

 310,181

 789,074

Donegal

 152,194

 43,049

 195,243

 1,093,809

Dublin City

 390,395

 89,163

 479,558

 1,507,726

Dublin South

 355,106

 61,074

 416,180

 871,411

Dun   Laoghaire/Rathdown

 292,201

 61,074

 353,275

 978,108

Fingal

 234,220

 61,074

 295,294

 1,021,165

Galway

 327,904

 61,074

 388,978

 895,231

Kerry

 237,373

 43,049

 280,422

 681,841

Kildare

 321,320

 61,074

 382,394

 1,027,173

Kilkenny

 225,339

 63,049

 288,388

 696,328

Laois

 183,425

 43,049

 226,474

 613,030

Leitrim

 202,083

 43,049

 245,132

 564,315

Limerick

 333,364

 61,074

 394,438

 1,115,829

Longford

 198,323

 43,049

 241,372

 629,481

Louth

 191,828

 43,049

 234,877

 732,094

Mayo

 233,844

 53,049

 286,893

 746,598

Meath

 292,149

 61,074

 353,223

 867,282

Monaghan

 197,805

 43,049

 240,854

 669,891

Offaly

 196,158

 43,049

 239,207

 638,162

Roscommon

 195,246

 43,049

 238,295

 652,181

Sligo

 207,745

 43,049

 250,794

 647,714

Tipperary

 228,889

 61,074

 289,963

 1,034,612

Waterford

 316,053

 61,074

 377,127

 989,197

Westmeath

 237,373

 43,049

 280,422

 1,077,426

Wexford

 237,373

 43,049

 280,422

 766,441

Wicklow

 217,824

 43,049

 260,873

 699,337

TOTAL

 7,749,814

 1,617,694

 9,367,508

 26,228,115

Table 3 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2018 including staff and non-staff costs

LEO

Pay Allocation 2018 €

Non - staff Allocation[3] 2018 €

Current Allocation 2018 €

Capital Allocation[4] 2018 €

Carlow

 202,083

 43,049

245,132

 709,294

Cavan

 194,422

 43,049

237,471

 636,384

Clare

 237,373

 43,049

280,422

 717,891

Cork City

 308,238

 61,074

369,312

 649,018

Cork   North/West

 316,721

 61,074

377,795

 995,345

Cork South

 279,697

 43,049

322,746

 850,860

Donegal

 153,350

 43,049

196,399

 1,011,456

Dublin City

 390,395

 61,074

451,469

 1,314,870

Dublin South

 319,704

 61,074

380,778

 830,616

Dun   Laoghaire/Rathdown

 319,120

 61,074

380,194

 950,397

Fingal

 232,959

 61,074

294,033

 944,744

Galway

 308,146

 61,074

369,220

 908,287

Kerry

 237,373

 43,049

280,422

 635,469

Kildare

 318,896

 61,074

379,970

 849,951

Kilkenny

 231,710

 43,049

274,759

 571,032

Laois

 184,171

 43,049

227,220

 555,002

Leitrim

 202,083

 43,049

245,132

 510,610

Limerick

 340,422

 61,074

401,496

 1,024,146

Longford

 196,130

 43,049

239,179

 513,855

Louth

 167,207

 43,049

210,256

 675,980

Mayo

 237,226

 43,049

280,275

 647,704

Meath

 297,165

 61,074

358,239

 704,299

Monaghan

 196,341

 43,049

239,390

 527,059

Offaly

 196,158

 43,049

239,207

 585,078

Roscommon

 196,239

 43,049

239,288

 522,104

Sligo

 207,745

 43,049

250,794

 630,647

Tipperary

 204,827

 61,074

265,901

 1,079,311

Waterford

 316,053

 61,074

377,127

 910,442

Westmeath

 237,373

 43,049

280,422

 852,133

Wexford

 224,981

 43,049

268,030

 666,278

Wicklow

 147,106

 43,049

190,155

 670,922

TOTAL

 7,601,414

 1,550,819

9,152,233

 23,651,182

Table 4 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2017 including staff and non-staff costs

LEO

Pay Allocation 2017 €

Non - staff Allocation[5]   2017 €

Current Allocation 2017 €

Capital Allocation[6]   2017 €

Carlow

 202,083

 71,049

 273,133

 590,295

Cavan

 87,274

 70,549

 157,823

 589,614

Clare

 221,164

 43,049

 264,213

 667,734

Cork City

 277,966

 61,074

 339,041

 687,095

Cork   North/West

 325,440

 83,580

 409,020

 982,054

Cork South

 271,004

 63,049

 334,054

 872,575

Donegal

 108,695

 68,949

 177,644

 969,591

Dublin City

 390,395

 61,074

 451,469

 1,073,471

Dublin South

 319,429

 61,074

 380,503

 758,994

Dun   Laoghaire/ Rathdown

 227,216

 61,074

 288,290

 839,481

Fingal

 175,841

 61,074

 236,915

 932,777

Galway

 340,865

 61,074

 401,939

 825,879

Kerry

 236,240

 43,049

 279,290

 624,410

Kildare

 321,214

 61,074

 382,288

 680,999

Kilkenny

 226,366

 63,049

 289,416

 701,137

Laois

 176,737

 43,049

 219,786

 526,226

Leitrim

 202,083

 43,049

 245,133

 494,676

Limerick

 338,684

 61,074

 399,758

 1,145,436

Longford

 189,080

 43,049

 232,129

 482,290

Louth

 112,065

 43,049

 155,114

 624,785

Mayo

 227,432

 73,049

 300,481

 621,018

Meath

 239,843

 61,074

 300,917

 667,325

Monaghan

 193,264

 56,486

 249,750

 595,072

Offaly

 200,688

 43,049

 243,737

 564,203

Roscommon

 190,232

 43,049

 233,282

 508,788

Sligo

 207,745

 43,049

 250,795

 588,192

Tipperary

 129,047

 71,074

 200,121

 966,070

Waterford

 316,053

 61,074

 377,128

 918,610

Westmeath

 231,840

 43,049

 274,889

 835,096

Wexford

 174,309

 43,049

 217,359

 626,490

Wicklow

 147,006

 43,049

 190,056

 600,564

TOTAL

 7,007,300

 1,748,172

 8,755,472

 22,560,947

Table 5 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2016 including staff and non-staff costs

LEO

Pay Allocation 2016 €

Non - staff Allocation 2016 €

Current Allocation 2016 €

Capital Allocation[7] 2016 €

Carlow

 165,860

 97,750

263,610

 427,688

Cavan

 52,301

 90,885

143,186

 475,427

Clare

 175,356

 71,750

247,106

 673,968

Cork City

 209,588

 95,750

305,338

 498,411

Cork   North/West

 297,089

 121,750

418,839

 858,524

Cork South

 281,403

 112,750

394,153

 766,217

Donegal

 85,190

 106,995

192,185

 589,441

Dublin City

 212,776

 62,750

275,526

 1,080,998

Dublin South

 191,093

 96,750

287,843

 620,346

Dun   Laoghaire/Rathdown

 206,536

 70,750

277,286

 637,543

Fingal

 106,553

 81,750

188,303

 823,739

Galway

 249,599

 75,822

325,421

 559,946

Kerry

 259,551

 61,750

321,301

 471,006

Kildare

 211,210

 70,750

281,960

 612,913

Kilkenny

 223,582

 74,750

298,332

 473,167

Laois

 155,267

 68,750

224,017

 379,569

Leitrim

 238,101

 48,750

286,851

 348,271

Limerick

 305,982

 80,750

386,732

 1,022,419

Longford

 195,968

 48,750

244,718

 360,475

Louth

 103,867

 65,750

169,617

 679,414

Mayo

 179,197

 105,500

284,697

 570,308

Meath

 237,424

 77,750

315,174

 487,908

Monaghan

 224,712

 74,512

299,224

 419,796

Offaly

 198,853

 48,750

247,603

 385,274

Roscommon

 166,598

 58,750

225,348

 364,009

Sligo

 231,480

 63,750

295,230

 505,280

Tipperary

 126,310

 84,750

211,060

 1,005,844

Waterford

 258,906

 94,750

353,656

 697,900

Westmeath

 228,448

 64,750

293,198

 617,826

Wexford

 179,665

 69,750

249,415

 543,832

Wicklow

 158,398

 59,200

217,598

 472,541

TOTAL

 6,116,862

 2,407,664

8,524,526

 18,430,000

[1] Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[2] Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[3] Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[4] Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[5] Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[6] Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[7] Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

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