Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion

Mr. Leo Clancy:

I will be very quick in responding to a couple of questions. On the piece around growing companies further, that can be due to a number of factors. Usually, the offer on the table and the potential to scale a business further tend to be the swinging factors, as opposed to confidence in oneself to grow further.

On Youghal, we are constantly looking, with our parent Department, at the potential for new regional schemes. There have been 68 schemes under the regional enterprise development fund across Ireland and 11 under the Border enterprise development fund. We are not a formal member of Open Doors, but we see huge potential for migrant and other communities to contribute to the economy. We see that in every facet of work we do.