Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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569. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the properties and land rented by local enterprise offices in 2018, in tabular form; the yearly rent paid per property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19078/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department established the network of the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) nationwide in 2014. The LEOs are operated by way of a partnership between Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authorities. They operate as a “first stop shop” for those looking to start a business or for small businesses looking for support, the Local Enterprise Offices are now a significant source of job creation and a hub of entrepreneurship across the country.

As the Local Enterprise Offices are business units within the Local Authority, the Local Authority will be the tenant in the cases of LEOs in rented accommodation. Any information and detail in relation to rental contracts and properties is a matter for the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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570. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons with disabilities that received support through the 31 local enterprise offices to set up a business since their establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19093/19]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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571. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons with disabilities that secured employment in companies supported by the 31 local enterprise offices since their establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19094/19]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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572. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if measures to ensure that persons with disabilities are supported to set up businesses through the local enterprise offices will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19095/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 570 to 572, inclusive, together.

The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for anyone intending to start or grow a business.

In that regard, the LEOs provide a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant State supports available through agencies such as Revenue, the Department of Social Protection, Education and Training Boards, the Credit Review Office and Microfinance Ireland.

The Local Enterprise Offices operate on an equal opportunities basis. In that regard, information in respect of a client’s disability or otherwise is not relevant, and this also applies to the collation of the LEO Annual Employment Survey with regard to individuals employed in businesses supported by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices.