George Lawlor (Wexford, Labour)
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373. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and location of each enterprise supported by grants from a local enterprise office (LEO) in 2024, in tabular form; the number of jobs supported by LEOs, per county, in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7862/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Government is committed to supporting small businesses across the country and to supporting positive jobs creation, both of which the Local Enterprise Offices play a key role in. The LEOs play an extremely important role at local level, as part of a supportive ecosystem, providing their services direct to small businesses and promoting entrepreneurship within towns and communities across the country.

The LEO Annual Employment Survey results 2024 show the jobs created by LEO clients, as well as existing jobs across the LEO client portfolio. The 2024 figures show that the LEOs now have a portfolio of 7,176 small businesses that account for 39,541 jobs across the country. The clients accounted for in these results are only LEO clients that have received financial assistance from their Local Enterprise Office and does not measure small businesses and their associated jobs that would have received training, mentoring supports or other supports such as the Digital for Business, Grow Digital/Trading Online Voucher, Green for Business, Energy Efficiency Grant or Lean for Business.

The results of the LEO Annual Employment Survey are extremely positive with LEO client companies creating 7,104 new jobs in 2024 across the country. When measured against job losses in the portfolio from company amalgamation, transfers from LEOs to Enterprise Ireland, a cessation of trading and an inability to fill vacant rolls, the net jobs gain is 2,459. 81% of the new jobs created by LEOs in 2024 were outside of Dublin. This is the 11th consecutive year if jobs growth since the LEOs were established in 2014.

The net jobs gain in employment by LEO Client companies of 2,459 accounts for any loses from company amalgamation, transfers from LEOs to Enterprise Ireland and those that ceased trading. In total, LEO client companies supported 39,541 jobs in 2024.

It should be noted that LEO Client information is considered commercially sensitive information and due to GDPR it would not be appropriate to share such information in a public forum.

The Local Enterprise Office Annual Employment Survey results for 2024 are set out in the table below, broken down by each county: