County and City Enterprise Boards Funding

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Ceisteanna (92)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

92. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a report in tabular form outlining the funding for each county and city enterprise board in 2011, 2012 and 2013 relative to the population of that area; the detail of each stream of funding utilised by each CEB; and the number of enterprises in each CEB area who received financial assistance in each area. [28706/14]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Details of the population in the functional area of each City and County Enterprise Board (CEB), the funding allocated to each Board and the number of enterprises funded by each one for the period from 2011 to 2013 are set out in Tables 1 to 3 below. The capital allocations made available to the CEBs each year during this period, and in 2014, were maintained at €18m despite serious budget pressures.

The CEBs were dissolved with effect 2014 and replaced by 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) from 15 April. LEOs are the “first stop shop” for providing information and guidance for start-ups and small business, and provide direct grant assistance and so called “soft supports” to micro enterprises employing less than 10 people.

The allocation of funding to each of the CEBs was decided by the Board of Enterprise Ireland in line with criteria agreed with my Department. The Committee took account of a number of factors, including the population statistics available from the CSO at the time, which are detailed in the Tables.

The Deputy may wish to note that, following the establishment of the LEOs, it has been agreed that initially the Budget Allocation methodology will remain unchanged as regards Capital allocations. Over time this allocation and the allocation methodology will be reviewed by my Department and Enterprise Ireland (EI) to ensure that opportunities for business development are maximised and that value for money is being secured across the LEOs. Such reviews will in the future be primarily informed by achievement of targets and performance metrics rather than a purely population based assessment. It is envisaged that a competitive element to budgetary allocation will be developed and introduced over time.

In addition to grant aid, LEOs can provide valuable advice, mentoring, training and management development supports to help grow and develop micro enterprises including those not eligible for direct grant assistance.

Table 1: 2013

CEB	Population of CEB Functional Area	Current Funding Utilised (€) (Pay + Non-Pay)	Capital Funding Utilised (€) (Grants + Other Supports)	No of Clients Paid
Carlow	54,612	221,290	428,851	29
Cavan	73,183	389,925	446,626	20
Clare	117,196	230,373	505,281	33
Cork City	119,230	275,159	411,245	24
Cork County (North)	89,132	164,742	382,383	12
Cork County (South)	240,905	413,465	1,049,476	41
Cork County (West)	69,179	374,696	428,046	12
Donegal	161,137	404,717	627,964	29
Dublin City	527,612	438,504	1,045,182	68
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	206,261	307,418	652,997	47
Fingal	273,991	447,516	656,612	27
South Dublin	265,205	357,829	700,631	37
Galway	250,653	292,078	708,816	26
Kerry	145,502	345,588	466,575	40
Kildare	210,312	244,860	499,481	31
Kilkenny	95,419	247,204	388,419	19
Laois	80,559	278,237	373,977	9
Leitrim	31,798	333,653	299,080	26
Limerick City	57,106	353,889	426,028	20
Limerick County	134,703	267,848	601,379	29
Longford	39,000	344,652	390,769	40
Louth	122,897	410,279	415,021	29
Mayo	130,638	207,641	572,526	19
Meath	184,135	389,692	554,359	30
Monaghan	60,483	302,639	354,629	14
Offaly	76,687	350,579	370,438	25
Roscommon	64,065	215,507	357,928	14
Sligo	65,393	342,939	500,258	27
North Tipperary	70,322	353,539	414,054	22
South Tipperary	88,432	264,840	401,706	20
Waterford City	46,732	225,080	387,806	20
Waterford County	67,063	187,696	500,895	32
Westmeath	86,164	324,085	639,310	35
Wexford	145,320	302,020	566,793	42
Wicklow	136,640	397,284	618,241	36

Table 2: 2012

CEB	Population of CEB Functional Area	Current Funding Utilised (€) (Pay + Non-Pay)	Capital Funding Utilised (€) (Grants + Other Supports)	No of Clients Paid
Carlow	54,612	228,527	481,965	33
Cavan	73,183	397,871	434,645	18
Clare	117,196	242,594	547,068	41
Cork City	119,230	315,807	444,022	21
Cork County (North)	89,132	161,857	234,079	6
Cork County (South)	240,905	422,815	1,183,614	46
Cork County (West)	69,179	380,232	466,083	18
Donegal	161,137	414,488	789,522	25
Dublin City	527,612	433,895	1,214,463	70
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	206,261	302,601	693,008	54
Fingal	273,991	451,662	643,928	35
South Dublin	265,205	367,379	802,601	51
Galway	250,653	298,520	655,903	34
Kerry	145,502	354,471	599,215	39
Kildare	210,312	238,798	556,781	20
Kilkenny	95,419	338,573	461,320	28
Laois	80,559	290,429	371,955	10
Leitrim	31,798	337,066	331,398	26
Limerick City	57,106	361,768	422,131	31
Limerick County	134,703	337,109	444,074	17
Longford	39,000	279,110	386,964	33
Louth	122,897	421,733	457,778	25
Mayo	130,638	200,633	525,242	12
Meath	184,135	411,701	471,795	28
Monaghan	60,483	301,789	372,713	16
Offaly	76,687	353,843	368,435	27
Roscommon	64,065	207,330	387,493	13
Sligo	65,393	342,560	402,315	28
North Tipperary	70,322	362,852	467,086	17
South Tipperary	88,432	243,950	439,643	22
Waterford City	46,732	253,888	489,461	30
Waterford County	67,063	190,609	408,944	32
Westmeath	86,164	368,683	601,260	51
Wexford	145,320	307,262	646,432	34
Wicklow	136,640	405,836	595,926	30

Table 3: 2011

CEB	Population of CEB Functional Area	Current Funding Utilised (€) (Pay + Non-Pay)	Capital Funding Utilised (€) (Grants + Other Supports)	No of Clients Paid
Carlow	50,349	348,881	404,532	38
Cavan	64,003	398,290	418,658	21
Clare	110,950	295,577	527,230	48
Cork City	119,418	382,732	435,991	25
Cork County (North)	80,795	176,998	449,989	13
Cork County (South)	218,373	444,889	828,371	17
Cork County (West)	62,709	381,355	357,320	13
Donegal	147,264	424,451	589,801	22
Dublin City	506,211	443,597	1,146,172	101
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	246,935	335,679	634,922	57
Fingal	194,038	440,489	693,194	41
South Dublin	239,992	366,028	725,739	41
Galway	231,670	271,942	882,129	62
Kerry	139,835	345,829	547,115	46
Kildare	186,335	360,629	560,225	23
Kilkenny	87,558	330,394	438,029	26
Laois	67,059	288,322	361,820	16
Leitrim	28,950	328,211	392,392	27
Limerick City	52,539	365,488	406,798	30
Limerick County	131,516	336,571	552,508	25
Longford	34,391	277,743	358,021	31
Louth	111,267	429,700	532,558	33
Mayo	123,839	198,803	465,565	19
Meath	162,831	406,973	700,907	36
Monaghan	55,997	305,674	350,375	19
Offaly	70,868	354,870	365,761	27
Roscommon	58,768	199,479	373,242	20
Sligo	60,894	364,979	430,442	21
North Tipperary	66,023	353,844	405,748	32
South Tipperary	83,221	348,451	378,541	20
Waterford City	45,748	216,561	339,771	36
Waterford County	62,213	179,272	501,806	37
Westmeath	79,346	381,995	497,032	58
Wexford	131,749	307,485	566,249	37
Wicklow	126,194	413,743	588,211	28