Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 March 2006
200 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment positions created by IDA initiatives in the south Kildare region for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12453/06]
View answerIDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The Forfás annual employment survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. Data are compiled on an annualised basis and aggregated on a county basis. In the five year period from 2001 to 2005, inclusive, a total of 2,484 jobs were created in IDA supported companies. Details of the number of jobs created in each of those years are set out in the following tabular statement.
|
Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
Number of jobs created |
265 |
481 |
555 |
529 |
654 |
