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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Questions (115, 116)

Joanna Tuffy

Question:

175 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State aided jobs which have been created in County Meath since 1998; the breakdown of same by job description and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48350/09]

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Written answers

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes only, information on individual companies is not disclosed for reasons of client confidentiality. Details of the number of IDA supported jobs created in County Meath, for the period in question is set out in the following tabular statement.

Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, conducted in conjunction with Forfás. The results of this survey are released each January. In 2009 total employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Meath was 3,787. Enterprise Ireland does not collect statistics on employment by job description, and employment numbers are collected on a county basis only. Gross employment gains by Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Meath, for the period in question, are illustrated in the following tabular statement.

Statistical information on job creation in companies supported by the County Enterprise Boards is held by the Department on an individual board basis rather than by specific locations within the Board's locality. Figures in respect of 2009 will not be available until early February 2010. Statistical information in relation to jobs created in companies supported by Meath County Enterprise Board, for the period in question is presented in the following tabular statement.

Jobs created in IDA supported companies in County Meath 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

114

116

145

73

62

35

65

149

55

111

83

24

Jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Meath 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

363

313

722

483

260

507

405

597

973

396

282

291

Net number of jobs created in CEB supported companies in County Meath 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total 1998-2008

243

139

259

-15

148

-128

46

92

84.5

2

-39

830.5

Joanna Tuffy

Question:

176 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State aided jobs which have been created in County Louth since 1998; the breakdown of same by job description and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48351/09]

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The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes only, information on individual companies is not disclosed for reasons of client confidentiality. Details of the number of IDA supported jobs created in County Louth, for the period in question is set out in the following tabular statement.

Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, conducted in conjunction with Forfás. The results of this survey are released each January. In 2009 total employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Louth was 4,541. Enterprise Ireland does not collect statistics on employment by job description, and employment numbers are collected on a county basis only. Gross employment gains by Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Louth, for the period in question, are illustrated in the following tabular statement.

Statistical information on job creation in companies supported by the County Enterprise Boards is held by the Department on an individual board basis rather than by specific locations within the Board's locality. Figures in respect of 2009 will not be available until early February 2010. Statistical information in relation to jobs created in companies supported by Louth County Enterprise Board, for the period in question is presented in the following tabular statement.

Jobs created in IDA supported companies in County Louth 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

162

351

1012

155

179

39

101

150

289

198

121

34

Jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Louth 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

579

319

268

537

269

214

508

469

427

661

447

318

Net number of jobs created in CEB supported companies in County Louth 1998-2009

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total 1998-2008

179

182

258

-11

189

45

78

220

54

-95

14.5

1,112.5

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