Census of Social Enterprises in Ireland to update and expand the 2023 Baseline Data Collection Exercise

is “to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland”. In 2019 the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (DRCDG) published the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019-2022 which sought to create an e

nabling environment for social enterprise in Ireland to grow and contribute to Ireland’s social and economic progress. One of the policy actions committed to “Improve data collection relating to the extent of Social Enterprise in Ireland an