Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 April 2024
355. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to social enterprises for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18570/24]
View answerThe White Paper on Enterprise 2022 – 2030 states that Social Enterprises, mostly micro-enterprises or SMEs, are an important and growing part of Ireland’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, creating jobs and stimulating local economic activity, and are recognised as an integral part of Ireland’s broad enterprise policy landscape. Requests for information in relation to grants or relief given to social enterprises for research and innovation would fall within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
