Written answers
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Enterprise Support Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of local enterprise applications received by county in tabular form; and the number that were successful and the number are refused in 2022 and 2023. [6299/24]
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the Deputy is seeking information regarding Carlow in particular on this matter.
The number of participants in the Start Your Own Business Programme in any given year gives some indication of the number of entrepreneurs who have contacted their Local Enterprise Office (LEO) regarding a new business idea. In addition, by looking at the level of Feasibility and Priming grants applied for and approved, we get a better idea of the quantity of businesses starting up throughout the country.
The Metrics for Carlow are set out in the table below.
Please note the below are provisional figures as final figures are not available yet for 2023.
| Carlow | No. of Projects Applications | No. of Projects Approved |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Feasibility | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 Priming | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 Feasibility | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 Priming | 4 | 4 |
| Carlow | No. Training Participants |
|---|---|
| Start Your Own Business 2022 | 92 |
| Start Your Own Business 2023 | 140 |
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