Job Losses.

Wednesday, 31 October 2007

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Damien English

Question:

316 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses from employment created by State agencies under his Department’s control for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 on a county basis in tabular readable form. [26542/07]

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Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Micheál Martin)

Employment data in respect of companies supported by the enterprise agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) is collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly there is no data available for 2007. The attached tabular statements show the number of full time jobs lost in Enterprise Agency assisted companies for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Number of Permanent Full Time Jobs lost in Enterprise Development Agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) assisted firms; 2004-2006

	2004	2005	2006	Total
South East
Carlow	-479	-399	-258	-1,136
Kilkenny	-331	-88	-245	-664
Tipp SR	-261	-245	-347	-853
Waterford	-888	-1,140	-696	-2,724
Wexford	-418	-454	-283	-1,155
Border
Cavan	-160	-357	-99	-616
Donegal	-650	-647	-901	-2,198
Leitrim	-89	-247	-190	-526
Louth	-552	-338	-537	-1,427
Monaghan	-572	-274	-266	-1,112
Sligo	-305	-221	-290	-816
Mid West
Clare	-556	-893	-718	-2,167
Limerick	-1,102	-777	-891	-2,770
Tipp NR	-354	-264	-178	-796
South West
Cork	-1,720	-2,271	-3,579	-7,570
Kerry	-539	-602	-523	-1,664
Dublin	-11,042	-9,829	-5,643	-26,514
West
Galway	-1,005	-923	-1,182	-3,110
Mayo	-616	-393	-240	-1,249
Roscommon	-246	-135	-263	-644
Mid East
Kildare	-812	-489	-714	-2,015
Meath	-420	-388	-610	-1,418
Wicklow	-1,018	-1,897	-463	-3,378
Midlands
Laois	-260	-34	-121	-415
Longford	-141	-117	-343	-601
Offaly	-319	-78	-184	-581
Westmeath	-440	-180	-435	-1,055
Totals	-25,295	-23,680	-20,199	-69,174