Written answers
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Enterprise Support Services
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing funding for the Digital Start Initiative by 10%, 20% and 50%. [27582/23]
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Digital Startis designed to help businesses prepare and implement a plan for the adoption of digital tools and techniques across the business. Digital Start will provide strategic intervention for businesses to work with third party consultants to:
- assist them in identifying where they are on their digital business journey,
- develop a digital adaptation plan based on their identified need,
- implement their digital adaptation plan.
The budget in 2023 is €982,900 which if increased by:
- 10% would be €1,081,190
- 20% would be €1,179,480
- 50% would be €1,474,350.
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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452. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing funding for the Digital Start Initiative to deliver funding to the value of five days of consultancy for firms instead of four days. [27583/23]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Digital Start is designed to help businesses prepare and implement a plan for the adoption of digital tools and techniques across the business. Digital Start will provide strategic intervention for businesses to work with third party consultants to:
- assist them in identifying where they are on their digital business journey,
- develop a digital adaptation plan based on their identified need,
- implement their digital adaptation plan.
Increasing the level of funding to a maximum of five days instead of four would increase the individual project cost by just over €1,100 to approximately €5,600. €0.983m was allocated to the Digital Start Pilot in 2023, and increasing the number of days would require an increase in the budget to €1.23m.
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