Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Youth Enterprise Initiatives
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation and the number of participants for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur in 2017 and 2018. [45338/19]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 and 2018 Budget allocations and the 2017 participant data for Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition organised and promoted by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in every county are set out in the Tables below. There are no IBYE participants for 2018 as the competition was postponed until 2019 and the associated funding was reallocated to the LEOs.
2017 Participants
| LEO | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 41 |
| Cavan | 31 |
| Clare | 36 |
| Cork City Cork N/W Cork South | 95 |
| Donegal | 51 |
| Dublin City | 110 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 34 |
| Dublin Fingal | 106 |
| Dublin South | 57 |
| Galway | 107 |
| Kerry | 52 |
| Kildare | 60 |
| Kilkenny | 31 |
| Laois | 71 |
| Leitrim | 18 |
| Limerick | 62 |
| Longford | 27 |
| Louth | 41 |
| Mayo | 65 |
| Meath | 27 |
| Monaghan | 32 |
| Offaly | 33 |
| Roscommon | 34 |
| Sligo | 25 |
| Tipperary | 32 |
| Waterford | 43 |
| Westmeath | 44 |
| Wexford | 54 |
| Wicklow | 52 |
| TOTALS | 1,471 |
Individual LEO IBYE allocations:
| LEO Name | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Cavan | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Clare | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Cork City | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Cork North/ West | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Cork South | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Donegal | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Dublin City | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Dublin South | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Fingal | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Galway | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Kerry | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Kildare | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Kilkenny | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Laois | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Leitrim | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Limerick | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Longford | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Louth | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Mayo | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Meath | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Monaghan | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Offaly | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Roscommon | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Sligo | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Tipperary | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Waterford | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Westmeath | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Wexford | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| Wicklow | 73,000.00 | 73,000.00 |
| National Investment Fund | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 |
| Administrative Allocation | 242,224.99 | 174,955.25 |
| TOTAL | €2,605,224.99 | €2,537,955.25 |
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