The 35 County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) were set up in 1993 to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. The CEBs deliver a series of Programmes to underpin this role and they can provide both financial and non-financial assistance to a project promoter.
The Boards are widely dispersed geographically and provide a single point of contact at local level for new and established small businesses. All areas of the country are served by and benefit from, the full range of Enterprise Board grant supports and entrepreneurial development programmes. Subject to certain eligibility criteria enterprises may access assistance and support from the CEBs. The forms of financial assistance which are available, subject to certain restrictions, include Capital Grants, Employment Grants and Feasibility Study Grants. The provision of non-financial assistance can take the form of a wide range of business advice such as Programmes covering Business Management, Mentoring, E-commerce, Enterprise Education, and Women in Business networks.
The table below provides details of the number of new jobs created by individual CEBs for each of the years 2004 through to 2007, as requested by the Deputy. The data is available on the yearly net increase or decrease in the number of full-time equivalent jobs created in CEB assisted companies. My Department does not collect or retain information on the number of specific job losses in CEB assisted companies either locally or by region. Data in respect of 2008 job creation figures will not be available until early 2009.
Number of new jobs created by County and City Enterprise Boards for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
|
County and City Enterprise Boards
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
Totals
|
|
Carlow
|
-24.00
|
60.00
|
87.00
|
32.50
|
155.50
|
|
Cavan
|
133.50
|
63.50
|
57.00
|
125.50
|
379.50
|
|
Clare
|
36.50
|
86.00
|
82.50
|
114.50
|
319.50
|
|
Cork City
|
11.00
|
-23.50
|
10.00
|
231.00
|
228.50
|
|
Cork North
|
-3.50
|
12.00
|
8.00
|
67.50
|
84.00
|
|
Cork South
|
27.00
|
-25.00
|
-14.50
|
94.00
|
81.50
|
|
Cork West
|
53.00
|
59.50
|
23.00
|
7.00
|
142.50
|
|
Donegal
|
407.00
|
-33.50
|
175.50
|
245.00
|
794.00
|
|
Dublin City
|
-17.00
|
198.00
|
273.50
|
33.50
|
488.00
|
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
84.50
|
-48.50
|
53.00
|
171.00
|
260.00
|
|
Fingal
|
94.50
|
13.50
|
74.00
|
125.50
|
307.50
|
|
Galway County/City
|
47.50
|
130.50
|
32.00
|
223.00
|
433.00
|
|
Kerry
|
15.50
|
26.50
|
31.00
|
59.00
|
132.00
|
|
Kildare
|
24.50
|
62.00
|
43.00
|
147.00
|
276.50
|
|
Kilkenny
|
63.00
|
109.50
|
127.50
|
-81.00
|
219.00
|
|
Laois
|
55.50
|
69.50
|
66.00
|
3.00
|
194.00
|
|
Leitrim
|
44.50
|
53.50
|
29.00
|
-34.50
|
92.50
|
|
Limerick City
|
-39.00
|
42.50
|
34.50
|
105.50
|
143.50
|
|
Limerick County
|
71.50
|
20.00
|
15.50
|
-23.50
|
83.50
|
|
Longford
|
8.50
|
52.50
|
36.50
|
55.00
|
152.50
|
|
Louth
|
78.50
|
220.00
|
54.00
|
-95.00
|
257.50
|
|
Mayo
|
90.50
|
52.50
|
110.00
|
46.00
|
299.00
|
|
Meath
|
45.50
|
92.00
|
85.00
|
2.00
|
224.50
|
|
Monaghan
|
-13.50
|
90.00
|
165.00
|
68.00
|
309.50
|
|
Offaly
|
86.50
|
49.50
|
-33.50
|
97.50
|
200.00
|
|
Roscommon
|
31.50
|
54.00
|
85.50
|
59.00
|
230.00
|
|
Sligo
|
-19.50
|
-41.50
|
63.00
|
43.00
|
45.00
|
|
South Dublin
|
-117.00
|
17.50
|
79.00
|
24.00
|
3.50
|
|
Tipperary (NR)
|
35.50
|
19.00
|
20.50
|
25.00
|
100.00
|
|
Tipperary (SR)
|
65.50
|
-40.50
|
48.00
|
122.00
|
195.00
|
|
Waterford City
|
-132.50
|
62.50
|
42.50
|
-34.50
|
-62.00
|
|
Waterford County
|
45.00
|
41.50
|
63.00
|
29.50
|
179.00
|
|
Westmeath
|
163.00
|
100.00
|
4.00
|
81.00
|
348.00
|
|
Wexford
|
6.50
|
210.00
|
35.50
|
87.50
|
339.50
|
|
Wicklow
|
-67.50
|
82.50
|
-18.50
|
9.50
|
6.00
|
|
Totals
|
1,392.00
|
1,937.50
|
2,047.00
|
2,265.00
|
7,641.50
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