Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full and part-time staff employed in local enterprise offices nationally and by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and in budget 2020, including staff and non-staff costs; the number of LEOs in each county and local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43997/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland is responsible for the overall administration of the Local Enterprise Offices in partnership with my Department and the Local Authorities.  This is a partnership which is working extremely well.  The LEOs working locally on the ground are at the coalface of business supports for micro businesses in all their variations throughout Ireland and understand the needs of their local business community.  

The data requested for the Local Enterprise Offices is presented as follows in tabular form and includes all data in respect of the years 2016 to 2019.  With regard to Budget 2020 and the data for the coming year, the Deputy will be aware that Budget 2020 sets out the Current and Capital ceilings for my Department (€339 million and €632 million respectively). However, the definitive allocations for each of the subheads will not be finalised until the annual Revised Estimates process is completed. The Revised Estimates Volume is usually published in early December and will set out the final agreed 2020 allocation for each subhead.

Table 1 – LEO employee data for 2016 to 2019

- LEO staff data provided is the aggregate of full and part time staff. There is variation in the part time status of LEO staff ranging from 0.5 whole time equivalent (WTE) to 0.95 WTE. Therefore the provision of aggregate part time date may infer that staff are half time rather than 0.8 WTE which is majority status for part time staff.

- The total employed in the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) each year is as reported to Enterprise Ireland in the fourth quarter of each year to claim their pay contribution.

- The Pay contribution model was agreed between Enterprise Ireland and the County and City Managers Association with sanction from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to fund 178 LEO staff.

- Local Authorities may employ additional LEO staff but these are not recorded by Enterprise Ireland.

- The data above includes those employed by the Local Authority, those employed by Enterprise Ireland and seconded to the LEO and those on the LEO Graduate programmes. 

Table 2 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2019 including staff and non-staff costs

Table 3 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2018 including staff and non-staff costs

Table 4 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2017 including staff and non-staff costs

Table 5 - Current and capital funding allocated to LEOs in 2016 including staff and non-staff costs

[1]Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[2]Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[3]Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[4]Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[5]Includes an allocation of €7,000 per LEO for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Marketing and Promotion

[6]Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.

[7]Funding as allocated to each LEO by the Enterprise Ireland Board and any subsequent reallocations. This is not the same as funding drawdown/received by the LEOs as LEOs may de-commit funding that has been allocated to them.