Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take-up of the green for business programme for small businesses, broken down by LEO offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) Green for Business programme, formerly named Green for Micro, was launched in March 2021 to assist businesses in lowering their carbon footprint, reducing costs, and improving the environmental profile of the business in the marketplace.

Green for Business is open to all small businesses who are neither Enterprise Ireland or IDA clients and allows them to avail of technical and/or advisory supports from external experts across a broad range of activities ranging from resource efficiency to understanding their carbon footprint, to implementing an environmental management system.

The grant offers 50%, up to a maximum of €5,000, of the cost of a project identified through participation in Green for Business, Greenstart or an SEAI energy audit.

Green for Business forms part of a suite of Lean, Green and Digital products offered by the LEOs, focusing on helping businesses to save time, money, and energy and are promoted through the LEO ‘All in a day’s work’ campaign which aims to draw attention to the benefits of making a business more efficient, productive, and sustainable.

The table below shows the uptake of Green for Business to date, in 2023:

And below broken down by County: