Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland

1:30 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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I congratulate Enterprise Ireland on the excellent figures presented to us today.

I wish to focus on the LEOs. I have been advised that because of the change from county enterprise boards with CEOs leaving and roles changing there may have been staffing difficulties in the LEOs. About a month and a half ago some people told me that they were advised that the start-your-own business courses in their county were full and would be full until the end of October. The have had to travel to a different county to do those courses. Is Enterprise Ireland happy with the staffing and the resources the LEOs have to deliver to that key microenterprise sector?