Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 November 2010
352 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in County Waterford that applied for funding from Enterprise Ireland in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43901/10]
View answerThe number of businesses in County Waterford that applied for funding from Enterprise Ireland (EI) for each of the past 3 years and to date in 2010 are set out in the following tabular statement.
The number of applications in 2009 in Co Waterford is considerably higher than in other years due to the Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) which was introduced in 2009 to help employees maintain their jobs while at the same time assisting employers to retain their productive capacity.
|
Year |
No. of Businesses in Co. Waterford applying for EI funding |
|
2007 |
50 |
|
2008 |
60 |
|
2009 |
149 |
|
2010 to date |
26 |
353 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses nationally that applied for funding from Enterprise Ireland in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the number of those businesses that were given funding by Enterprise Ireland in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43902/10]
View answerThe number of businesses nationally that applied for funding and received funding from Enterprise Ireland in each of the past three years and to date in 2010 are set out in the following tabular statement.
The number of applications in 2009 is considerably higher than in other years due to the Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) which was introduced in 2009 to help employees maintain their jobs while at the same time assisting employers to retain their productive capacity.
|
Year |
No. of Companies Applying for Funding |
No. of Companies Approved for funding |
|
2007 |
1,263 |
1,184 |
|
2008 |
1,371 |
1,296 |
|
2009 |
4,327 |
2,757 |
|
2010 to date |
1,013 |
758 |
