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Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 November 2017

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Ceisteanna (55)

Niall Collins

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55. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Horizon 2020 funding awarded to SMEs on an annual basis per county since it was established, in tabular form. [48621/17]

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The following tables provide the total Horizon 2020 (EU) funding awarded to SMEs, by county, for each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The tables are based on the European Commission's most recent data release on Horizon 2020, which cover the period up to the 30th September 2017.

Information on SMEs that have secured funding in the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020 can be searched geographically at the European Commission’s publicly accessible Data Hub at: https://sme.easme-web.eu/.

Horizon 2020 (EU) funding awarded to SMEs up to Sep 2017

Table 1: 2014

County

No. companies

Amount (€k)

CARLOW

1

266

CORK

3

1,094

DUBLIN

21

4,138

GALWAY

3

776

KERRY

4

758

LIMERICK

1

50

OFFALY

1

50

WATERFORD

1

50

WESTMEATH

1

50

Table 2: 2015

County

No. companies

Amount (€k)

CARLOW

2

569

CLARE

1

50

CORK

10

5,961

DUBLIN

42

13,478

GALWAY

10

3,255

KERRY

2

50

KILDARE

1

58

LIMERICK

5

2,091

LOUTH

6

1,294

MAYO

1

187

TIPPERARY

1

77

WICKLOW

3

2,329

Table 3: 2016

County

No. companies

Amount (€k)

CAVAN

1

240

CORK

7

5,709

DUBLIN

50

17,549

GALWAY

4

1,969

KERRY

3

2,336

KILDARE

3

575

LIMERICK

5

842

LONGFORD

1

371

LOUTH

1

1,090

MAYO

1

137

MEATH

1

496

SLIGO

1

50

WATERFORD

1

666

WESTMEATH

1

1,014

WICKLOW

3

664

Table 4: 2017

County

No. companies

Amount (€k)

CORK

2

1,078

DUBLIN

27

11,122

GALWAY

4

4,636

KERRY

3

1,493

LIMERICK

2

3,454

MONAGHAN

1

340

WICKLOW

3

863

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