Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
153. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries overseas where Enterprise Ireland has hired out business development consultants to carry out work on its behalf in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [5522/24]
View answerEnterprise Ireland is the Irish Government’s agency responsible for the development and growth of Irish companies in global markets.
With 39 offices worldwide, Enterprise Ireland’s team of international market advisers work with Irish companies to accelerate their exports across the globe. In addition to these market teams, and to best serve the wide range of Irish client company requests across the globe, Enterprise Ireland also engages external consultants/pathfinders to support their client needs. These external consultants/pathfinders supplement their direct overseas capability providing clients with valuable connections, market and regulatory insights as well as sectoral and functional expertise.
The following is a list of export markets where Enterprise Ireland engaged external consultants/pathfinders in 2022/2023/2024 to support the needs of Irish client companies.
|
Countries |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 YTD |
|
AFRICA OTHER |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
AUSTRALIA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
BELGIUM |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
BRAZIL |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
CANADA |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
CHINA |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
FRANCE |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
GERMANY |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
HUNGARY |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
INDIA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
INDONESIA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
ITALY |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
JAPAN |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
MEXICO/COLOMBIA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
NETHERLANDS |
Y |
N |
N |
|
POLAND |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
RUSSIA |
Y |
N |
N |
|
SAUDI ARABIA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
SINGAPORE |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
SOUTH KOREA |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
SPAIN |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
SWEDEN |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
UAE |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
UK |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
USA |
Y |
Y |
Y |
