150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Enterprise Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50035/26]

Enterprise Ireland (EI) is the government agency which assists Irish businesses to start, scale, export and create employment across all regions of the country, through funding and grants, export support, and business advice and training. Total exchequer funding to EI under my Department’s vote for 2026 amounted to €437.552 million. This included funding for Science and Technology Development and also the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.

The estimated cost of increasing 2026 EI funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% is outlined in the table below.