Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin Sherry:

Encouraging increased diversity is a huge priority for us. There is also a focus on female entrepreneurship. Last year saw the highest number of startups ever. We supported 161 new startups, and 36% of those were led by female founders. That is up from approximately 7% ten years ago.