Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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556. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes (details supplied) by county; and the amount allocated and expended to each such scheme in each year since being established. [36918/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland’s (EI’s) focus for 2018 is to help clients increase their competitiveness and to diversify their global footprint - key attributes required to be resilient to economic shocks, such as those emerging from any kind of Brexit.

To this end, EI has engaged in a programme of:

- Building resilience in Irish exporting companies focused on innovation, market diversification and competitiveness; and

- Addressing awareness and preparedness of companies to Brexit.

It should be noted that the Schemes detailed below are not a full representation of the wide range of supports offered by my Department and its Agencies to help businesses prepare for Brexit.

Brexit Scorecard

To date over 2,669 companies have used the Scorecard. In 2018, EI spent €11,742 on the Brexit Scorecard.

Note: Not all Scorecards reported County

Brexit Act-On Initiative

To date 86 Brexit Act-On Initiatives have been completed. EI has paid €172,000 to date under the Brexit Act-On initiative.

Be Prepared Grant

EI has approved 127 Be Prepared grants to companiessince its launch, and paid €113,084 out to client companies under this initiative.

Strategic Consultancy Assignment

EI has approved 129 Strategic Consultancy Grants to companies. Since the initiative was established EI has paid €1,081,898to client companies under this scheme.

Market Discovery Fund

Since it was launched in 2018, 47 Market Discovery Grants have been approved, and a total of €83,060 has been paid out to client companies under this initiative.

Agile Innovation Fund

EI has approved 24 Agile Innovation Grants to companies since its launch, and a total of €72,336 has been paid out to client companies under this initiative.

Note: This table was launched in 2018 and contains no 2017 or 2016 approvals.

The tables shown present the number of approvals under each scheme. EI does not track application numbers for reporting purposes. All received applications are reviewed in line with grants evaluation criteria. EI does not release the number of approvals per county when the value is five or below to preserve client confidentiality.