The overall goal of the Indigenous Enterprise, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Division is to work with relevant stakeholders to ensure that appropriate supports are in place to promote and develop entrepreneurship, to help businesses to start, scale and export, to prepare for Brexit and to work with stakeholders across the wider system to ensure a supportive business environment (for example, tax policy, skills availability etc.)
The Division operates a suite of policies and supports designed to assist and facilitate businesses at all stages of development and growth, from nascent and early stage entrepreneurs to companies of scale trading internationally.
This includes direct interventions such as the provision of Microfinance and Loan Guarantees, as well as working with the Division’s Agencies, Enterprise Ireland, the Local Enterprise Offices and the National Standards Authority of Ireland together with support for the Design and Crafts Council to ensure their supports are relevant and aligned to the evolving needs of business.
Assistant Secretary: Declan Hughes
Tel: +353 1 631 2869
Email: declan.hughes@enterprise.gov.ie
Assistant Secretary’s Personal Assistant: Sarah Smithers
Tel: + 353 1 631 2156
Email: sarah.smithers@enterprise.gov.ie
Units of Indigenous Enterprise, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Division
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Policy Unit
- Enterprise Agencies and Programmes Unit
- Finance for Growth and State Aids Unit
- Regional Enterprise Plans and Enterprise Initiatives Unit
- Retail and Sector Transformation Policy Unit
- National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) Liaison Unit
Main contact points
Unit | Contact points |
Entrepreneurship | Conor Verdon, Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2418 Email: conor.verdon@enterprise.gov.ie Ciaran McLoughlin, Assistant Principal Tel: + 353 1 631 2175 Email: ciaran.mcloughlin@enterprise.gov.ie Laura Byrne, Higher Executive Officer Tel: + 353 1 631 2263 Email: laura.byrne@enterprise.gov.ie |
Enterprise Ireland | Thomas Murray, Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2155 Email: thomas.murray@enterprise.gov.ie |
Finance for Growth | Fiona Kilcullen, Principal Officer Email: fiona.kilcullen@enterprise.gov.ie |
Late Payments | Fiona Kilcullen, Principal Officer Email: fiona.kilcullen@enterprise.gov.ie |
Local Enterprise Offices | Thomas Murray, Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2155 Email: thomas.murray@enterprise.gov.ie Phyllis Kelly, Assistant Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2145 Email: phyllis.kelly@enterprise.gov.ie Joan O'Brien, Executive Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2149 Email: joan.obrien@enterprise.gov.ie |
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) Liaison | Conor Verdon, Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2418 Email: conor.verdon@enterprise.gov.ie Mary Kilduff, Assistant Principal Tel: +353 1 631 2390 Email: mary.kilduff@enterprise.gov.ie |
Regional Enterprise Plans and Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) | Céline McHugh, Principal Officer Tel: + 353 1 631 2876 Email: celine.mchugh@enterprise.gov.ie Phelim Cassidy, Assistant Principal (Regional Enterprise Plans) Tel: + 353 1 631 2023 Email: phelim.cassidy@enterprise.gov.ie Colm O’Neill, Assistant Principal (REDF) Tel: + 353 1 631 2032 Email: colm.oneill@enterprise.gov.ie |
Retail and Sector Transformation Policy | Maedhbh Cronin, Principal Officer Email: maedhbh.cronin@enterprise.gov.ie Deborah Dignam, Assistant Principal Email: deborah.dignam@enterprise.gov.ie |
Small Business, Advisory Group on Small Business, SME EU Envoy | Conor Verdon, Principal Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2418 Email: conor.verdon@enterprise.gov.ie |
State Aids | Fiona Kilcullen, Principal Officer Email: fiona.kilcullen@enterprise.gov.ie Niamh Moloney, Assistant Principal Tel: +353 1 631 2324 Email: niamh.moloney@enterprise.gov.ie Kay Colgan, Higher Executive Officer Tel: +353 1 631 2388 Email: stateaidireland@enterprise.gov.ie |
Supporting SMEs Online Tool | Ciaran McLoughlin, Assistant Principal Tel: + 353 1 631 2175 Email: mailto:ciaran.mcloughlin@enterprise.gov.ie Laura Byrne, Higher Executive Officer Tel: + 353 1 631 2263 Email: laura.byrne@enterprise.gov.ie |