Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Regional Enterprise Development Fund
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the distribution on a NUTS III basis of the regional enterprise development funds to date; and the breakdown of the projects funded in each NUTS III region of the regional strengthening projects which seek to stimulate community-based and local enterprise initiatives. [14688/21]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), first introduced in 2017 and administered by Enterprise Ireland, supports significant regional initiatives that build on sectoral strengths and/or to better leverage identified resources to improve enterprise capability, in order to help sustain and add to employment at county, regional and national level.
There have been three calls under the Fund to date and just under €100 million in funding has been approved across 68 projects, with projects approved in every region.
The total amount of funding for each of the NUTS III regions is as follows.
| NUTS III region | Total approved REDF funding |
|---|---|
| Border | €11,643,160 |
| West | €16,729,249 |
| Mid-West | €15,094,209 |
| South-East | €7,589,217 |
| South-West | €18,237,889 |
| Dublin | €11,544,458 |
| Mid-East | €12,578,218 |
| Midlands | €6,250,280 |
| Total | €99,666,680 |
The projects which have been approved funding in each of the NUTS III regions is set out below.
The NUTS III Border region is made up of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo and Monaghan.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| Border | Donegal Digital Innovation CLG | €1,119,640 |
| Leitrim County Enterprise Fund | €1,284,000 | |
| Leitrim Food Enterprise Zone | €953,640 | |
| The Leitrim Design House | €371,600 | |
| Sligo County Enterprise Fund | €1,906,640 | |
| Monaghan County Enterprise Fund (call 1) | €202,800 | |
| Monaghan County Enterprise Fund (call 3) | €577,960 | |
| Bioconnect Innovation Centre (Monaghan) | €4,976,880 | |
| Focused Engineering Network DAC (Monaghan) | €250,000 | |
| TOTAL | €11,643,160 |
The NUTS III West region is made up of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| West | BIA Innovator Campus CLG | €2,446,148 |
| Galway City Innovation District | €2,487,400 | |
| Midc Páirc na Mara | €2,000,000 | |
| The Burren Lowlands CLG | €182,786 | |
| Comhoibriú CLG | €2,694,833 | |
| Galway City Innovation District CLG | €1,205,833 | |
| Galway Technology Centre | €4,023,400 | |
| Grow Remote | €449,442 | |
| SCCUL Enterprise CLG | €1,239,408 | |
| TOTAL | €16,729,249 |
The NUTS III Mid-West region is made up of Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-West | Emerald Aerocluster CLG (call 1) | €250,000 |
| Emerald Aerocluster CLG (call 3) | €350,560 | |
| Irish Bioeconomy Foundation CLG | €4,628,753 | |
| BNest Social Initiative DAC | €603,400 | |
| Clare Mez DAC | €1,759,226 | |
| Hospital Food Unit DAC | €2,279,073 | |
| Future Mobility Campus Ireland CLG | €4,723,197 | |
| Tipperary Innovation Engine | €500,000 | |
| TOTAL | €15,094,209 |
The NUTS III South-East region is made up of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| South-East | Insurtech Network Centre DAC | €1,439,832 |
| ThreeD DAC | €1,303,556 | |
| Crystal Valley Tech DAC | €215,919 | |
| Incupharm DAC | €799,212 | |
| National Design Innovation Hub DAC (call 2) | €1,843,320 | |
| National Design Innovation Hub DAC (call 3) | €396,800 | |
| South-East Economic Development Office | €1,342,751 | |
| The Tradebridge Collaboration DAC | €247,827 | |
| TOTAL | €7,589,217 |
The NUTS III South-West region is made up of Cork and Kerry.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| South-West | Agritech Centre of Excellence | €1,499,486 |
| Cork Urban Enterprises | €669,064 | |
| IT@Cork CLG | €209,844 | |
| KerrySci Tech (call 1) | €236,500 | |
| KerrySci Tech (call 3) | €120,000 | |
| MOL TEIC CLG | €189,144 | |
| RDI Hub CLG | €3,614,669 | |
| Sneem Innovation and Tech Services | €250,000 | |
| CIT Consortium Projects DAC | €336,360 | |
| Ludgate Operations | €1,990,392 | |
| Vista Agri 4.0 Hub CLG | €1,865,214 | |
| Firies Business Hub DAC | €1,151,960 | |
| Seirbhís Forbartha Gnó DAC | €2,700,000 | |
| Synbio Hub | €3,063,000 | |
| Benchspace Cork CLG | €342,256 | |
| TOTAL | €18,237,889 |
NUTS III Dublin Region
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | BPO Cluster Ireland CLG | €155,064 |
| Dublin Enterprise and Technology Centre | €3,226,776 | |
| Ghala DAC | €2,488,528 | |
| Social and Local Enterprise Alliance DAC | €1,135,195 | |
| Innovate Dublin Communities | €249,955 | |
| SPADE CLG (St. Paul’s Development Enterprise) | €2,094,000 | |
| Linc Collaboratory DAC | €2,194,940 | |
| TOTAL | €11,544,458 |
The NUTS III Mid-East region is made up of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-East | MERITS – County Kildare Community Network | €1,917,200 |
| Boyne Valley Food Innovation | €1,580,640 | |
| Clermont Enterprise Hub Company | €1,434,000 | |
| National Association of Community Enterprise Centres (NACEC) | €369,600 | |
| UCD NOVA DAC | €3,002,441 | |
| Creative Spark CLG | €500,000 | |
| DKIT Connect DAC | €3,774,337 | |
| TOTAL | €12,578,218 |
The NUTS III Midlands region is made up of Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois.
| NUTS III region | Project | Approved REDF funding |
|---|---|---|
| Midlands | Irish Manufacturing Research CLG | €2,165,280 |
| Offaly Innovation and Design | €458,240 | |
| Mountmellick Development Association | €218,200 | |
| Portlaoise Innovation Centre DAC | €2,050,560 | |
| Premier Lakelands Food Hub | €1,358,000 | |
| TOTAL | €6,250,280 |
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