County and City Enterprise Boards Funding

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Ceisteanna (320)

Billy Timmins

Ceist:

320. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the funding allocated to each county and town enterprise board; if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the way this funding is spent-allocated on grants, pay and administration and other for 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/14]

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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Details of the allocations on pay, non-pay (administration) and capital grants (measures 1 and 2) for each of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) for 2011, 2012 and 2013 are set out in tables 1 to 3.

An Exchequer allocation is provided each year under the Estimates process for the funding of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs). The allocation of funding to individual CEBs is conducted each year by the Central Coordination Unit (CCU) within Enterprise Ireland.

The Current funding allocations are made in respect of the estimated cost of salaries and administration for the year. The bulk of this non-capital allocation to each CEB pays the salaries of the Business Advisors and other staff who provide direct advice and mentoring to client companies. This represents a strong investment in the micro-enterprise sector, notwithstanding the additional level of demand on CEB services generated in the current difficult economic climate.

The Capital allocations are used to provide so-called “Measure 1” (direct grant assistance) and “Measure 2” (training and development) supports for micro-enterprises employing up to 10 staff. In determining the Capital allocations, a systematic approach is adopted by the CCU to ensure the maximum degree of objectivity and equity of treatment. This approach involves the provision of funding on the basis of a standard allocation to each CEB, as well as an extra allocation that is determined mainly by population but which also takes account of issues such as local unemployment trends, capacity to spend, existing commitments and regional spread.

As part of the CCU’s on-going management of available funding during the year, the Unit monitors CEB spending on a regular basis. Should any surplus funding become available, this surplus will be reallocated by the CCU to any Boards that are in a position to spend additional funds, subject to thorough assessment of the rationale and the justification for the level of funding being requested.

The Capital allocations include additional funding which was allocated to the CEBs in the final quarter of each of these years. The funding was secured from unused funding elsewhere within the Department.

Table 1: 2011

CEB	Exchequer Pay Allocation	Exchequer Non Pay Allocation	Exchequer Measure 1 Allocation	Exchequer Measure 2 Allocation
-	€	€	€	€
Carlow	237,968	110,913	231,524	173,008
Cavan	300,922	97,367	228,557	190,102
Clare	207,485	88,092	322,738	204,492
Cork City	272,247	110,485	227,100	208,892
Cork North	93,892	83,106	261,163	188,826
Cork South	281,679	163,210	508,069	320,302
Cork West	261,037	120,318	177,890	179,430
Donegal	307,031	117,420	341,442	248,359
Dublin City	303,501	140,096	726,328	419,844
Dublin South	239,035	96,644	359,781	275,141
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown	300,831	139,658	445,535	247,660
Fingal	260,007	106,021	444,204	281,534
Galway	154,708	117,234	614,918	267,211
Kerry	274,575	71,254	317,616	229,499
Kildare	255,464	105,165	316,567	243,658
Kilkenny	251,449	78,945	230,689	207,339
Laois	188,700	99,622	180,131	181,690
Leitrim	260,349	67,861	230,501	161,891
Limerick City	264,551	100,938	232,652	174,146
Limerick County	249,599	86,973	337,331	215,177
Longford	208,583	69,160	193,304	164,717
Louth	282,070	147,630	317,901	214,657
Mayo	117,986	80,817	254,377	211,189
Meath	317,673	89,300	469,461	231,446
Monaghan	234,804	70,870	174,433	175,942
Offaly	271,270	83,600	182,093	183,668
Roscommon	114,806	84,674	195,860	177,382
Sligo	276,953	88,026	251,955	178,487
Tipperary North	265,539	88,304	214,597	191,151
Tipperary South	266,903	81,548	188,455	190,086
Waterford City	105,127	111,434	169,154	170,618
Waterford County	115,803	63,470	307,635	194,172
Westmeath	269,838	112,157	298,959	198,073
Wexford	215,411	92,074	340,951	225,298
Wicklow	299,496	114,247	365,799	222,412
Total	8,327,294	3,478,628	10,659,666	7,547,500

Table 2: 2012

CEB	Exchequer Pay Allocation	Exchequer Non Pay Allocation	Exchequer Measure 1 Allocation	Exchequer Measure 2 Allocation
-	€	€	€	€
Carlow	123,160	105,367	231,585	250,380
Cavan	302,898	94,973	230,328	204,317
Clare	153,377	89,217	321,308	225,760
Cork City	204,907	110,900	202,274	241,748
Cork North	88,511	73,346	108,078	126,000
Cork South	277,892	144,923	672,427	511,187
Cork West	262,605	117,627	283,567	182,516
Donegal	302,645	111,844	422,302	367,219
Dublin City	305,930	127,965	759,668	454,794
Dublin South	239,037	63,565	414,996	278,012
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown	304,215	147,448	294,263	349,665
Fingal	260,007	107,372	375,751	426,850
Galway	175,378	123,142	385,021	270,882
Kerry	281,650	72,821	214,733	384,482
Kildare	155,388	83,410	305,674	251,107
Kilkenny	258,697	79,876	266,047	195,273
Laois	197,878	92,551	183,944	188,012
Leitrim	272,599	64,467	147,105	184,293
Limerick City	266,293	95,475	195,656	226,475
Limerick County	253,082	84,028	229,718	214,356
Longford	210,710	68,400	219,167	167,798
Louth	279,756	141,978	229,131	228,646
Mayo	124,308	76,325	292,823	232,419
Meath	306,156	105,545	233,317	238,478
Monaghan	233,817	67,973	194,427	178,285
Offaly	274,423	79,420	182,203	186,232
Roscommon	123,635	83,695	199,550	187,943
Sligo	263,709	78,851	201,704	200,612
Tipperary North	267,852	95,000	259,063	208,023
Tipperary South	171,427	72,523	227,745	211,898
Waterford City	139,359	114,528	247,874	241,587
Waterford County	126,089	64,520	177,509	231,435
Westmeath	263,348	105,335	382,567	218,693
Wexford	227,056	80,206	336,840	309,592
Wicklow	300,823	105,013	360,634	235,292
Total	7,998,613	3,329,627	9,989,000	8,810,262

Table 3: 2013

CEB	Exchequer Pay Allocation	Exchequer Non Pay Allocation	Exchequer Measure 1 Allocation	Exchequer Measure 2 Allocation
-	€	€	€	€
Carlow	119,449	101,841	171,585	257,266
Cavan	299,861	90,064	230,328	216,298
Clare	148,143	82,230	297,308	207,973
Cork City	180,444	94,715	202,274	208,971
Cork North	88,509	76,233	188,078	194,305
Cork South	277,892	135,573	660,427	389,049
Cork West	262,696	112,000	198,567	229,479
Donegal	300,530	104,187	318,302	309,662
Dublin City	319,904	118,600	556,035	489,147
Dublin South	242,418	65,000	371,996	281,001
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown	305,392	142,124	324,263	332,349
Fingal	252,457	105,372	275,751	424,880
Galway	178,505	113,573	435,021	273,795
Kerry	279,588	66,000	234,733	231,842
Kildare	165,464	79,396	245,674	253,807
Kilkenny	177,204	70,000	191,047	197,372
Laois	189,876	88,361	183,944	190,033
Leitrim	273,071	60,582	147,105	151,975
Limerick City	267,682	86,207	222,656	203,372
Limerick County	189,093	78,755	384,718	216,661
Longford	278,437	66,215	221,167	169,602
Louth	278,291	131,988	204,131	210,890
Mayo	132,641	75,000	327,823	244,703
Meath	286,692	103,000	313,317	241,042
Monaghan	240,355	62,284	174,427	180,202
Offaly	275,579	75,000	182,203	188,235
Roscommon	140,507	75,000	176,050	181,878
Sligo	267,939	75,000	282,704	217,554
Tipperary North	265,539	88,000	209,063	204,991
Tipperary South	186,003	78,837	187,745	213,961
Waterford City	124,110	100,970	167,874	219,932
Waterford County	127,696	60,000	267,509	233,386
Westmeath	218,750	105,335	436,567	202,743
Wexford	227,896	74,124	334,840	231,953
Wicklow	302,284	95,000	370,634	247,607
Total	7,870,897	3,136,566	9,695,866	8,447,916