Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Richard Murphy:

The LEOs operate in two specific areas on entrepreneurship. The first is in providing capital funding to clients who are emerging from a start-up perspective. Those funds are generally aimed at internationally traded services companies or manufacturing companies. Equally, a significant amount of work goes on for all entrepreneurs which is driven through what we call a start your own business programme. People are invited to participate in those. Approximately 3,000 people operate those programmes.