Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the international Enterprise Ireland offices located abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed; and the costs of offices and staffing per international office on an annual basis in tabular form. [32115/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland supports the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets, working in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. Enterprise Ireland is committed to helping companies expand their reach and internationalise.

Enterprise Ireland has an established process for working with companies as they identify opportunities and begin to enter new markets. Enterprise Ireland’s overseas structure through its network of 33 overseas offices and its extended Pathfinder (Trade Consultant) network has the capability of providing client companies with the appropriate support in markets where there are identified opportunities matched by client capability and client demand. In addition to Incubation and Hot-Desking Facilities, Enterprise Ireland’s client companies can access market knowledge on a sectoral basis, introductions to buyers/suppliers/partners in-market and market intelligence such as competitor analysis, identification of professional services etc.

The location of Enterprise Ireland’s 33 overseas offices, the cost of running these offices in 2017 and the current number of full time and part time staff employed in each of these offices is presented below.

Table 1: Cost (pay and non-pay) ofrunning Enterprise Ireland's overseas offices - 2017

Table 2: Numberof full time and part time staff employed in Enterprise Ireland’s overseasoffices

Note: Figures include expat staff, locally hired staff and staff on Enterprise Ireland’s international graduate programme but do not include vacancies.