Ivor Callely
Question:227 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment his views on the need to promote jobs in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/97]
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227 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment his views on the need to promote jobs in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/97]
Dublin and the east region generally have been very successful in securing a large proportion of inward investment projects over the last number of years. The record rate of growth for 1996 recently reported by IDA Ireland, in terms of its national performance, is due very substantially to the exceptional capability of the east region to attract so high a proportion of mobile investment.
Job creation performance by Forbairt companies has also been exceptional, resulting in a 1996 cumulative net gain in job numbers in IDA Ireland and Forbairt assisted companies in the Dublin region of 5,841.
228 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the number of jobs created and lost in County Donegal from January 1996 to date; the net job gain for the period; the areas in which job creation was achieved; the agencies involved in the successful ventures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/97]
The following tables show job gains, job losses and net change for IDA and Forbairt companies in County Donegal. The figures are taken from the Forfás employment survey. This is carried out in October each year so statistics for 1997 are unavailable.
1996
Gains |
Losses |
Net Change |
|
Forbairt |
273 |
–312 |
–39 |
IDA |
129 |
–427 |
–298 |