There are 31 Local Enterprise Office (LEOs) located across the Local Authority network in Ireland. The LEOs are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for anyone intending to start or grow a business.
Table 1 below sets out the number of sanctioned LEO staff through the DBEI pay allocation for each of the 31 LEOs.
In respect to my Department there are 5 DBEI staff with specific LEO Liaison Unit responsibilities comprising one Principal Officer, one Assistant Principal Officer, one Higher Executive Officer, one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer.
Table 1:
LEO
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Sanctioned LEO Staffing Allocation funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019
|
Actual LEO Staffing funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019
|
Carlow
|
5
|
5
|
Cavan
|
5
|
5
|
Clare
|
6
|
6
|
Cork City
|
8
|
8
|
Cork N&W
|
9
|
9
|
Cork South
|
7
|
7
|
Donegal
|
6
|
6
|
Dublin City
|
11
|
11
|
Dublin South
|
9
|
8
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
|
8
|
5
|
Fingal
|
9
|
9
|
Galway
|
8
|
8
|
Kerry
|
6
|
6
|
Kildare
|
8
|
8
|
Kilkenny
|
6
|
5
|
Laois
|
5
|
4
|
Leitrim
|
5
|
5
|
Limerick
|
9
|
8
|
Longford
|
5
|
5
|
Louth
|
6
|
5
|
Mayo
|
6
|
6
|
Meath
|
8
|
8
|
Monaghan
|
5
|
4
|
Offaly
|
5
|
5
|
Roscommon
|
5
|
5
|
Sligo
|
5
|
5
|
Tipperary
|
8
|
7
|
Waterford
|
8
|
8
|
Westmeath
|
6
|
6
|
Wexford
|
6
|
6
|
Wicklow
|
6
|
6
|
Total
|
209
|
199
|