COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh

"To ask the manager to provide a report on the number of SME's that have applied for and / or been granted funding for business supports in the county in 2022 and 2023 YTD - Report to include total amounts separately for each LEA and the total number of SME's currently in operation IN SDCC.

REPLY:

In total, the Local Enterprise Office has approved grant funding/ funded consultancy for 383 businesses in 2022/ 2023 which you can see broken down into electoral areas below.

This is in addition to businesses receiving mentoring, training and networking to assist in starting and growing their business.

Electoral Area

2022

2023

Clondalkin

56

44

Firhouse/ Bohernabreena

15

8

Lucan

18

13

Palmerstown/ Fonthill

8

7

Rathfarnham/ Templeogue

67

46

Tallaght Central

38

29

Tallaght South

15

18

 

217

165

While historically, the Local Enterprise Office engaged with businesses from 1-10 employees, our remit has recently expanded to allow us to engage with businesses with 11- 50 employees if they are looking to grow their business internationally. While we would not have the number of companies classified as SME’s (<250 persons ) I can confirm that there is currently 7,000 rateable properties within the County and nationally SME’s would account for approx. 99.8% of businesses.