{
 "id": "ie-startup-support",
 "cc": "ie",
 "lang": "en",
 "kind": "table",
 "title": "Ireland start-up support for jobseekers in figures, 2026",
 "h1": "Starting a business from a jobseeker payment in Ireland: the official figures, 2026",
 "question": "What support is there in Ireland to start a business from a jobseeker payment, and how much?",
 "computedAt": "2026-09-26",
 "coverage": {
  "named": 8,
  "read": 8,
  "published": 8,
  "notPublished": 0,
  "unreadable": 0
 },
 "headline": "8 official figures for starting a business from a jobseeker payment in Ireland, each quoted word for word from the page that states it, read on 26 September 2026.",
 "rows": [
  {
   "label": "Back to Work Enterprise Allowance",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/back-to-work-enterprise-allowance/",
   "group": "Income support",
   "display": "100% of your payment in year 1, 75% in year 2",
   "sentence": "100% for the first year 75% for the second year",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "03cbdbf72e2e09ab"
  },
  {
   "label": "Short-Term Enterprise Allowance",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/short-term-enterprise-allowance-stea/",
   "group": "Income support",
   "display": "Up to 9 months",
   "sentence": "The Short-Term Enterprise Allowance is paid instead of your Jobseeker’s Benefit/Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit / Jobseekers Benefit Self-Employed for a maximum of 9 months.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "fca62b56d31ed5ed"
  },
  {
   "label": "Enterprise Support Grant",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/enterprise-support-grant/",
   "group": "Grant",
   "display": "Up to €2,500 over a BTWEA claim",
   "sentence": "Rates of payment The maximum amount payable is €2,500 for the 24 month period of the BTWEA claim.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "9369a4fc2599c2d0"
  },
  {
   "label": "Enterprise Support Grant on STEA",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/enterprise-support-grant/",
   "group": "Grant",
   "display": "€1,000 on a 9-month STEA, €625 on a 6-month STEA",
   "sentence": "A maximum of €1,000 can be paid to people on a 9-month STEA and a maximum of €625 to people on a 6-month STEA.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "9369a4fc2599c2d0"
  },
  {
   "label": "Microfinance Ireland Start-Up Loan",
   "url": "https://microfinanceireland.ie/startup-loan/",
   "group": "Loan",
   "display": "€5,000 to €50,000 at 6.5% (5.5% via a LEO)",
   "sentence": "Loans from €5,000 – €50,000 6.5% interest rate – lower rate of 5.5% if you apply via Local Enterprise Office",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "ab39dfc6c63be65b"
  },
  {
   "label": "Local Enterprise Office supports",
   "url": "https://www.localenterprise.ie/discover-business-supports/funding-and-grants/financial-supports/",
   "group": "Advice and support",
   "display": "31 Local Enterprise Offices",
   "sentence": "There are 31 Local Enterprise offices located in Ireland.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "b9d37fa745497991"
  },
  {
   "label": "Back to Work Family Dividend",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/back-to-work-family-dividend/",
   "group": "Income support",
   "display": "€58 a week per child under 12, €78 for 12 and over (year 1)",
   "sentence": "Year 1 €58.00 a week for each child to a maximum of €232.00 (four children) €78.00 a week for each child to a maximum of €312.00 (four children)",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "78c0ca3d9bed8f5c"
  },
  {
   "label": "Jobseeker’s Allowance while you prepare",
   "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/unemployed-people/rules-for-getting-a-jobseekers-payment/",
   "group": "Income support",
   "display": "Aged 18 to 65",
   "sentence": "Rules for getting a jobseeker's payment To qualify for Jobseeker’s Allowance, you must be 18 years or over and under 66 years of age.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "4cfe8deff8f6c4b5"
  }
 ],
 "notPublished": [],
 "methodology": "Every row is a sentence quoted verbatim from the named official page, read on the date shown and pinned to a hash of the page text we read. 8 of the 8 sources that could be read state the figure; 0 do not and are listed as not published, never filled in. Each row is one figure from one scheme, taken only from that scheme’s own official page. Where a page does not state the figure we plan with, the row is listed as not published and the figure is not filled in from anywhere else.",
 "url": "https://pontia.xyz/ie/datasets/ie-startup-support/",
 "citation": "\"Ireland start-up support for jobseekers in figures, 2026\", Pontia, https://pontia.xyz/ie/datasets/ie-startup-support/ (read 2026-09-26)",
 "license": "https://pontia.xyz/terms/"
}