asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy the total number of people employed at Shannon Airport Industrial Estate and Smithstown and the actual percentage increases for 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Written Answers. - Shannon Industrial Estate.
447.
I am informed by Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited that on the dates indicated below the number employed at Shannon Industrial Estate and at Smithstown was as follows:
|
Shannon Industrial Estate |
Smithstown |
Total |
||||
|
Employed |
Increase |
Employed |
Increase |
Employed |
Increase |
|
|
% |
% |
% |
||||
|
31/12/1976 |
4,234 |
— |
112 |
— |
4,346 |
— |
|
31/12/1977 |
4,362 |
3.0 |
159 |
42.0 |
4,521 |
4.0 |
|
31/12/1978 |
4,557 |
4.5 |
207 |
30.2 |
4,764 |
5.4 |
|
30/9/1979 |
4,658 |
2.2 |
239 |
15.5 |
4,897 |
2.8 |
448.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy the total job approvals for Shannon Industrial Estate for 1977, 1978 and 1979 to date.
I am informed by Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited that the total job approvals for the Shannon Industrial Estate for the years mentioned as as follows:
|
Year |
Job Approvals |
|
1977 |
364 |
|
1978 |
1,848 |
|
1979 (to 31 Oct.) |
1,011 |
449.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy the present factory building programme at Shannon Industrial Estate and Smithstown and the amount of extra factory space provided in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
At 31 October 1979 the position of the factory building programme at Shannon Industrial Estate and Smithstown was as follows:
|
Shannon Industrial Estate |
Smithstown |
|
|
Under Construction |
5 Units totalling 176,650 sq. ft |
— |
|
About to Start Construction |
1 Unit totalling 3,750 sq. ft. |
2 Units totalling 10,000 sq. ft. |
The extra factory space provided at Shannon Industrial Estate and at Smithstown in the years referred to is as follows:
|
Shannon Industrial Estate |
Smithstown |
Total |
|
|
sq. ft. |
sq. ft. |
sq. ft. |
|
|
1977 |
7,592 |
38,598 |
46,190 |
|
1978 |
12,898 |
10,000 |
22,898 |
|
1979 (to 31 October) |
111,850 |
— |
111,850 |