Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
County and City Enterprise Boards
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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396. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for grant assistance that were received by the Limerick County Enterprise Board in each month of 2012 and 2013; the number received from the Limerick county area in each month since the amalgamation of the city and county enterprise boards under the new Limerick LEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33850/14]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of grant applications received by both Limerick City and County Enterprise Board for each month in 2012, 2013 and from January to March 2014 are shown in the following table. Since the establishment of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in April LEO Limerick no longer keep separate records for the City and County areas, as they are now dealing with Limerick as a whole.
| - | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEB | Limerick City | Limerick County | Limerick City | Limerick County | Limerick City | Limerick County | LEO Limerick |
| Jan | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | N/A |
| Feb | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | N/A |
| Mar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | N/A |
| Apr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| May | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 3 |
| June | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 5 |
| July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 2 |
| Aug | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| Sept | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 7 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Nov | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In addition, the LEO Limerick received 38 applications under the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, under which applicants are competing for investments of up to €50,000 at County level and up to €100,000 for the overall national winner.
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