Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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It will be run through the LEOs but a standard will be set. We had a competitive start-up fund aimed at women last year and it was massively over subscribed. We trebled the provision and it was still fully subscribed. In the areas where entrepreneurship is under represented, there is an untapped pool and if one can design a scheme aimed at a group of people, that is the best way. One goes after the under represented groups and tries to introduce a programme that sucks them in. It worked in the case of women and I am optimistic that this will work as well.