Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2019
296. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter regarding relocating to digital hubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16182/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department and its agencies are actively engaged in the development of regional digital hubs/ehubs which provide the opportunity for relocation and for full-time or part-time remote working. A number of projects which have been offered funding under, for example, the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), are already prototype ehubs and should develop over time into more sustainable ehubs in their own right.
Indeed, Sneem Innovation & Tech Services received funding of €250,000 under Call 1 of the REDF which will see the re-purposing of an old dance hall in Sneem village to an ehub, facilitating home and hub working as well as supporting start-ups and microenterprises in the area.
In the context of the further development of ehubs, as envisaged in Project Ireland 2040, in support of efforts to expand entrepreneurship and start-ups in every region, Enterprise Ireland is addressing the need to expand and further develop co-working initiatives including through existing community enterprise centres.
The relevant projects funded as part of the first and second Calls of the REDF that I launched in December 2017 and December 2018 are set out in the tables below. I hope to be in a position to announce a further Regional Fund this year.
EDF funding for eHubs/Enterprise Spaces/Incubation/Food-Hubs/Co-Working
Call 1
|
Name |
Region |
County/Counties |
Funding Amount |
|
RDI Hub CLG |
South-West |
Kerry |
€3,614,669 |
|
Dublin Enterprise & Technology Centre |
Dublin |
Dublin |
€3,226,776 |
|
BIA Innovator Campus CLG |
West |
Galway |
€2,466,148 |
|
Ghala DAC |
Dublin |
Dublin |
€2,488,528 |
|
Donegal Digital Innovation CLG |
North-West |
Donegal |
€1,119,640 |
|
Leitrim County Enterprise Fund |
North-West |
Leitrim, Longford, Cavan |
€1,284,000 |
|
Insurtech Network Centre DAC |
South-East |
Carlow, Wexford |
€1,439,832 |
|
Cork Urban Enterprises |
West |
Cork |
€669,064 |
|
County Kildare Community Network |
Mid-East |
Kildare |
€1,917,200 |
|
Monaghan County Enterprise Fund |
North-East |
Monaghan |
€202,800 |
|
Sneem Innovation & Tech Services |
South-West |
Kerry |
€250,000 |
|
Mol Teic CLG |
South-West |
Kerry |
€189,144 |
|
Social & Local Enterprise Alliance DAC |
Dublin |
Dublin |
€1,135,195 |
Call 2
|
Name |
Region |
County/Counties |
Funding Amount |
|
Galway City Innovation District CLG |
West |
Galway |
€2,487,400 |
|
Midc Páirc Na Mara |
West |
Galway |
€2,000,000 |
|
Ludgate Operations CLG |
South-West |
Cork |
€1,990,392 |
|
Vista Agri 4.0 Hub CLG |
South-West |
Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Tipperary |
€1,865,215 |
|
National Design Innovation Hub DAC |
South-East |
Kilkenny, Carlow |
€1,843,320 |
|
Boyne Valley Food Innovation District |
Mid-East |
Meath, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth |
€1,580,640 |
|
Mountmellick Development Association |
Midlands |
Laois |
€218,200 |
|
Offaly Innovation & Design Centre CLG |
Midlands |
Offaly |
€458,600 |
|
Innovate Limerick T/A Hospital Food Units DAC |
Mid-West |
Limerick, Clare, Tipperary |
€2,279,073 |
|
Innovate Dublin Communities CLG |
Dublin |
Dublin |
€249,955 |
|
SPADE CLG |
Dublin |
Dublin |
€2,094,000 |
|
Leitrim Food Enterprise Zone CLG |
North-West |
Leitrim, Cavan, Sligo, Donegal |
€953,640 |
|
Sligo County Enterprise Fund CLG |
North-West |
Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim |
€1,906,640 |
