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Local Enterprise Offices Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020

Thursday, 5 March 2020

Ceisteanna (463, 464)

Robert Troy

Ceist:

463. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office-supported clients by county and in the case of Dublin by Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3681/20]

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Robert Troy

Ceist:

464. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office-supported jobs by county and in the case of Dublin by Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3682/20]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together.

The Local Enterprise Offices play a key role in our enterprise supports eco-system and make a significant contribution to boosting local economies across the country.  The Local Enterprise Offices are now supporting 38,535 jobs across 7,400 client companies. 

This is the sixth year of continuous employment growth for the Local Enterprise Offices since their inception in 2014 and as the table below illustrates the LEOs continue to be a successful ‘First Stop Shop’ for entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises which are planning to start and grow their businesses.

The following table shows the number of Clients and Jobs supported by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices across the country for the years 2018 and 2019.  

County

LEO

2018 No.  of Clients

2018   Total Jobs

2019 No  of  LEO clients

 2019 Total Jobs

Carlow

Carlow

219

1153

217

1209

Cavan

Cavan

202

1374

202

1456

Clare

Clare

239

1270

239

1384

Cork

Cork City

164

810

198

982

Cork

Cork South

274

1393

266

1420

Cork

Cork W / N

208

957

202

984

Donegal

Donegal

214

1294

239

1331

Dublin

Dublin City

394

1736

451

1959

Dublin

DLR

292

1695

305

1785

Dublin

Dublin Fingal

223

1031

242

1085

Dublin

Dublin South

303

1491

302

1600

Galway

Galway

263

1116

280

1182

Kerry

Kerry

263

1295

276

1352

Kildare

Kildare

199

1239

212

1195

Kilkenny

Kilkenny

210

1257

204

1128

Laois

Laois

122

635

128

697

Leitrim

Leitrim

161

437

161

458

Limerick

Limerick

301

1926

301

1882

Longford

Longford

254

1195

257

1270

Louth

Louth

250

982

240

971

Mayo

Mayo

234

1224

233

1327

Meath

Meath

255

1255

273

1358

Monaghan

Monaghan

152

1164

160

1188

Offaly

Offaly

201

1063

211

1095

Roscommon

Roscommon

172

857

172

897

Sligo

Sligo

236

920

232

996

Tipperary

Tipperary

258

1295

276

1379

Waterford

Waterford

331

1447

329

1525

Westmeath

Westmeath

225

1172

231

1269

Wexford

Wexford

227

1308

221

1438

Wicklow

Wicklow

118

675

140

733

 

Totals

7164

36666

7400

38535

NOTE: The cumulative annual figures include gross jobs created in a given year less LEO client jobs transferred to Enterprise Ireland in that year.

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