Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
445. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'lean for micro' programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27510/23]
View answerThe Local Enterprise Office Lean for Micro programme is designed to encourage clients to adopt lean business principles in their organisations to increase performance and competitiveness. The programme is open to all micro-enterprises and non-Enterprise Ireland/IDA clients employing between 10-50 on a limited basis in consultation with the LEO.
Lean tools and techniques are helping companies of all sizes and sectors, across the globe to address competitiveness issues within their businesses by building the capability of their people to identify problems, improve operations and create a more innovative organisation.
Funding allocated under the Department's A8 subhead includes a capital allocation for LEO financial grant assistance and also for management training and development, mentoring, consultancy and entrepreneurship education programmes, including the Lean for Micro programme. The funding is subsequently allocated to each of the 31 LEOs based on their Local Authority banding.
Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs agree the distribution of the budget across each of the different programmes based on previous and projected demand. At the end of each year the LEOs report their total outturn under each measure and in 2022 the LEO network provided €941k for the Lean Programme.
The table below indicates the estimated increased budget for the Lean Programme, based on 2022 outturn:
|
- |
€ |
5% |
10% |
25% |
50% |
|
2022 Lean Programme outturn |
0.941 |
0.988m |
1.035m |
1.176m |
1.412m |
