Louise O'Reilly
Question:141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to each local enterprise office in each of the past five years in tabular form. [32876/21]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021
141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to each local enterprise office in each of the past five years in tabular form. [32876/21]
View answerFunding for the Local Enterprise Offices has increased from €26,475,790 in 2016 to €76,992,462 in 2020.
This funding increase illustrates the ongoing significant commitment by Government to support the Local Enterprise Office network in promoting entrepreneurship, fostering business start-ups and helping existing micro and small businesses to drive job creation; and to provide accessible high quality supports for small businesses on a sustained basis.
Funding given to each of the 31 Local Enterprise Office in each of the years 2016-2020, and to date in 2021 is presented below in tabular form.
LEO Name |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 (1 Jan to 15 Jun) |
Carlow |
712,332 |
876,427 |
925,130 |
1,179,208 |
2,099,765 |
564,780 |
Cavan |
577,996 |
736,700 |
846,842 |
1,040,829 |
1,655,475 |
503,847 |
Clare |
796,394 |
942,065 |
975,313 |
1,063,158 |
2,289,070 |
667,741 |
Cork City |
728,294 |
973,218 |
963,176 |
1,106,107 |
2,895,394 |
814,975 |
Cork North & West |
1,246,174 |
1,340,364 |
1,165,927 |
1,256,173 |
2,753,650 |
831,642 |
Cork South |
1,204,363 |
1,182,408 |
1,140,609 |
1,010,844 |
2,149,103 |
507,583 |
Donegal |
793,915 |
1,145,235 |
1,177,276 |
1,607,585 |
3,170,016 |
882,442 |
Dublin City |
1,392,249 |
1,547,940 |
1,751,949 |
2,007,784 |
5,206,388 |
954,492 |
Dublin South |
954,150 |
1,133,752 |
1,173,188 |
1,218,268 |
3,164,339 |
665,280 |
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
890,375 |
1,159,259 |
1,216,397 |
1,223,937 |
2,830,953 |
468,030 |
Fingal |
1,044,579 |
1,140,919 |
1,223,861 |
1,327,563 |
2,711,691 |
1,320,170 |
Galway |
794,095 |
1,123,299 |
1,170,422 |
1,231,806 |
2,766,874 |
527,425 |
Kerry |
811,868 |
875,970 |
867,891 |
941,309 |
1,245,633 |
977,028 |
Kildare |
829,530 |
1,049,864 |
1,185,445 |
1,422,075 |
3,528,421 |
1,502,793 |
Kilkenny |
789,396 |
967,553 |
793,695 |
954,650 |
2,208,472 |
747,806 |
Laois |
604,472 |
730,242 |
759,222 |
825,411 |
1,380,336 |
621,796 |
Leitrim |
689,040 |
723,228 |
720,242 |
789,789 |
1,629,697 |
611,471 |
Limerick |
1,191,511 |
1,408,320 |
1,265,063 |
1,476,285 |
3,657,561 |
1,009,054 |
Longford |
541,507 |
668,045 |
730,034 |
910,434 |
1,429,502 |
491,289 |
Louth |
656,200 |
727,000 |
870,109 |
988,775 |
2,375,015 |
573,823 |
Mayo |
893,299 |
918,117 |
891,617 |
1,116,187 |
2,050,874 |
760,059 |
Meath |
740,911 |
933,897 |
979,120 |
1,213,804 |
2,663,943 |
1,017,133 |
Monaghan |
690,048 |
830,872 |
731,181 |
932,831 |
1,677,162 |
433,533 |
Offaly |
700,111 |
795,064 |
806,772 |
879,038 |
2,183,360 |
529,066 |
Roscommon |
584,378 |
720,005 |
730,385 |
903,442 |
1,480,484 |
565,201 |
Sligo |
814,352 |
841,986 |
858,441 |
896,508 |
1,867,027 |
740,669 |
Tipperary |
1,218,850 |
1,205,261 |
1,314,661 |
1,337,376 |
3,401,144 |
974,263 |
Waterford |
1,066,689 |
1,194,639 |
1,080,514 |
1,273,401 |
3,021,438 |
798,142 |
Westmeath |
980,884 |
1,107,985 |
1,109,555 |
1,355,847 |
3,482,810 |
1,030,346 |
Wexford |
784,593 |
661,802 |
883,664 |
1,044,861 |
2,055,859 |
574,206 |
Wicklow |
753,235 |
788,620 |
865,848 |
797,901 |
1,961,006 |
630,257 |
TOTAL |
26,475,790 |
30,450,062 |
31,173,548 |
35,333,186 |
76,992,462 |
23,296,342 |