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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, July 13, 2015
MOTION NO.3
MOTION: Councillor D. Richardson
To ask the Chief Executive that this council look in to the site at Jacobs on the Belgard road for another enterprise center for start up Business in the Tallaght area.
This site has been empty for over 9 years,
this council could look in to the possibility of attracting new start up business to the area,
employment is a key factor in our county and a new start up business pk would generate employment to the area.
REPORT:
As part of the Councils’ ongoing commitment to support enterprise and employment a full analysis of enterprise space will be carried out by the LEO to maximise new start-ups within the existing facilities. Following this analysis further provision may be considered.
As the members will be aware, with respect to the additional funding from the Business Support Grant, as agreed, they will be used to target industrial vacancy/underutilisation and obsolescence and to promote innovation and enterprise, on a percentage breakdown of -
- 60%- infrastructural upgrading works to be of a capital nature.
- 30%- innovation, start-up advice and supports including potential incubation space
- 10%- targeted training, to be identified by targeted surveys and delivered through LEO. (Survey recently completed).
The former Jacobs site is a large site in a key location of approx 9 HA and remains in private ownership. However in pursuance of the Business Support Grant initiative, as set out above, the Council would be supportive of proposals from the private sector for the provision of start-up or incubation space.