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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Is it at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Very quickly, please.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that. I just wanted to know what the process is. With regard to leasehold properties, Enterprise Ireland rents 16 offices from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Department presumably own those buildings, which Enterprise Ireland leases from it. There were 28, and there are 16 that are due to expire in the immediate future. Is Enterprise Ireland looking at whether it is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Is that subject to the sanctions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The activities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Are there people in the Moscow office?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Has Enterprise Ireland ever carried out a cost-benefit analysis where it sees the need for a longer-term commitment and where there might be a benefit in purchasing as opposed to leasing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I have a question on companies headed by males as opposed to females. I attended an event some time ago and it appeared that the survivability rate was better where women were involved. Has Mr. Clancy figures relating to that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Very quickly, please.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Finally, I am intrigued by the UK figures that increased by 15% to 8.4 billion and the eurozone increased by 10%% to 6 billion. Obviously, the eurozone is a much bigger area. It is one of the reasons we argue that it is a benefit in being involved in the European Union. I am surprised at that figure. Is there a Brexit issue in relation to an adjustment in how those figures are presented in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Clancy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Enterprise Ireland makes a great effort to show the balance in terms of the regions but there can be regions within regions, as well as different stories between regions. Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, for example, would be part of a region but there is a world of difference between Kildare and Meath, even though both have experienced very strong population growth. One can see that clearly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I can think of one. Kerry Group is a case in point. The perception is that it is all in Kerry. In fact it also has a strong base in Kildare. One cannot but see it from the motorway. I have heard from people who have availed of the LEO services that the mentoring programme is valuable but I hear of people who have an idea they believe is viable and getting a start becomes a problem as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes it has.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I have some engagement, so I understand. I wondered whether there are any gaps.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I will go back to the point I made earlier about male and female participation. Some of the big lessons of the crash were groupthink, risk and trying to balance male-female participation to ensure a different approach to risk. Risk, and research appears to be one of the other reasons. Has Enterprise Ireland determined any other reasons more women are coming in and more companies are doing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Will Enterprise Ireland send them on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: When Mr. Sherry talks about diversity, is the focus exclusively male-female or does it include different cohorts, people from different origins and with different abilities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Sherry have any statistics on people coming from different origins, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It would be useful if Mr. Sherry could send the committee some information on that.