L-R: Alison Currie (Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, InterTrade Ireland), Jenny Melia (CEO, Enterprise Ireland); Peter Burke T.D. (Minister for Enterprise Tourism & Employment); Oisín Geoghegan (Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Network); Ultan O’Fatharta (Development Executive, Údaras na Gaeltachta)
Local Enterprise Office encourages Fingal based companies to “Get Exporting”
Delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland, Local Enterprise Offices, and Údarás na Gaeltachta, the “Get Exporting” programme is open now for Irish SMEs to register their interest
Tuesday, 28th October 2025 – Local Enterprise Office Fingal is encouraging businesses with growth prospects to internationalise, by engaging on a new export focused programme and avail of grant support.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke TD announced the launch of the new Get Exporting programme, designed to help non-exporting and early-stage companies begin their export journey and build sustainable international sales. The programme supports businesses in developing market entry capabilities, overcoming barriers, and achieving export success.
Delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland, Local Enterprise Offices, and Údarás na Gaeltachta, the Get Exporting programme represents a national, cross-agency collaboration focused on supporting Irish SMEs to become first-time exporters and strengthening Ireland’s export performance.
The programme will begin in January 2026 and is open to Irish manufacturing and internationally traded services companies with less than €10,000 in annual exports sales, looking to succeed in international markets.
As part of the programme, businesses will be provided with one-to-one advice, market insights and practical workshops supporting the development of an actionable export plan. Businesses will also benefit from practical skills in market research, lead generation and market testing to enable export success.
Launching the new programme of supports, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke said “Exporting is a vital growth driver for SMEs and essential to Ireland’s competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience. Our ambition is to expand the current exporter base through supporting Irish businesses to scale and become more competitive internationally, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Irish economy.
The Get Exporting programme will enable and support all of our SMEs from the smallest micro companies upwards, to internationalise, ensuring they are fully equipped to grow by capitalising on export opportunities. I am encouraging as many companies as possible to engage with the programme, which will reap benefits in your business performance and also in your region in terms of employment and the local economy.”
Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Fingal Local Enterprise Office, added: “We are very keen to see more Fingal businesses explore international markets. Last year, in the first iteration of the “Get Exporting” programme, 11 of the 120 Irish businesses that undertook the programme were Fingal based. This demonstrates that Fingal companies punch well above their weight in terms of their ambition to grow in export markets. We want to build on this to enable small Fingal
businesses to grow their sales off the island of Ireland. We do this by providing the expertise, the know-how and the finance to enable export growth.”
Geoghegan continued: “For a small business, exporting can be an extremely daunting prospect. There can be concerns about the language barrier, ways of working, rules and regulations – there is a huge amount to consider when you look to break into a new market. It is important that small businesses are aware that the expertise and the contacts for these markets already exist and that’s the core of what Get Exporting is all about.”
Jenny Melia, CEO, Enterprise Ireland said: “As part of Enterprise Ireland’s five-year strategy to Accelerate Sustainable Irish Business, we have committed to supporting 1,700 additional Irish-owned exporters by 2029. Our key objective is to increase the volume and quality of exporters, maximising the potential success for Irish businesses in world markets. To support this, the Get Exporting programme, a national initiative, offers expert led strategic advice, workshops, and in-market insights to support Irish businesses to develop actionable export plans, supporting them to win business and succeed internationally.”
For further information, please see enterprise-ireland.com/getexporting. To register your interest please contact the Get Exporting team getexporting@enterprise-ireland.com
