Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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As requested by the Deputy, please find the information below on the number of female applications received by Microfinance Ireland (MFI), the number of successful female applications and the County of each successful application:

-	2013	2014 (To date)	Total
Number of female applications	68	104	172
Number of successful female applications	31	66	97

County	Number of successful female applications
Carlow	1
Cavan	2
Clare	3
Cork	6
Donegal	2
Dublin	26
Galway	3
Kerry	4
Kildare	3
Laois	1
Leitrim	2
Limerick	5
Longford	2
Louth	1
Mayo	4
Meath	5
Monaghan	1
Roscommon	3
Tipperary	3
Waterford	6
Westmeath	3
Wexford	7
Wicklow	4
Total	97

MFI continues to focus on awareness across all sectors. An autumn radio campaign is currently underway, with a two week focus on RTÉ and Newstalk. This will be followed by targeted local radio campaigns in key markets. A significant number of local promotional events have taken place in recent months in Galway, Limerick, Carlow, Donegal, Fingal, Dublin City, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Louth and Tipperary. Further events are planned in Waterford, Mayo and Dublin’s Digital Hub in the near future.

My Department publishes quarterly reports on the progress of MFI on the Department’s website . The 2014 2nd quarter progress report on MFI showing a detailed analysis for period ending 30th June 2014 is available on my Department’s website. The next quarterly report for the period to 30thSeptember 2014 will be published shortly.