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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Questions (44)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding provided in 2020 and to date in 2021 to local enterprise boards. [52009/21]

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In 2020 the Local Enterprise Offices were in receipt of approximately €77m (€76,992,462) in funding from my Department.

The initial budget of €33.5m was understandably increased to provide sufficient funding to allow the LEOs to assist businesses from all sectors to deal with the issues that COVID presented. This included the provision of €27.4m to the Business Continuity Vouchers Scheme which offered businesses with up to 50 employees, across all sectors, a voucher of up to €2,500 in third party consultancy costs to help mitigate the impact of COVID -19 and plan for their recovery.

In 2021, the core budget for the Local Enterprise Offices was set at €48m which included a provision of €6m set aside for COVID -19 measures, plus an additional €10.2m in capital carryover to meet liabilities from the Trading Online Voucher Scheme which transferred into my department in January this year.

The Local Enterprise Offices have thus far received just over €39m (€39,089,260) of this funding.

Question No. 45 answered with Question No. 36.
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