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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2011

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Questions (216, 217)

Sean Conlan

Question:

223 Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify and account for the transactions of Enterprise Ireland in relation to County Monaghan; if he will provide figures for the following: the amount of funding granted by Enterprise Ireland to companies in County Monaghan; the amount provided for research and development by Enterprise Ireland in County Monaghan; the number of jobs that were directly created by Enterprise Ireland in County Monaghan over the past 14 years with a yearly breakdown of figures and a quantification of the way this compares statistically to all other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20067/11]

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Sean Conlan

Question:

224 Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify and account for the transactions of Enterprise Ireland in relation to County Cavan; if he will provide figures for the following: the amount of funding granted by Enterprise Ireland to companies in County Cavan; the amount provided for research and development by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan; the number of jobs that were directly created by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan over the past 14 years with a yearly breakdown of figures and a quantification of the way this compares statistically to all other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/11]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together.

The role of the Government is to create the conditions in which enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and in which quality employment opportunities can be grown and maintained. Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, which is conducted in conjunction with Forfás. The results of this survey are released each January. Data is available for the last ten-year period only. Enterprise Ireland's client employment in County Monaghan over each of the past ten years is set out in Table 1a. Enterprise Ireland's client employment in County Cavan over each of the past ten years is set out in Table 1b. Table 2 outlines job trends in the country as a whole. Over the ten-year period in question, full-time employment fell by 25,151 and part-time or contract employment increased by 3,262 in Ireland as a whole. Due to the extensive amount of statistical information requested by the Deputy, it has not been possible to collate some of the information within the timeframe given. I will endeavour to provide the remainder of the information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Table 1a: Employment in Enterprise Ireland-aided companies in County Monaghan 2001-2010*

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Number Of Plants

152

153

147

145

143

138

138

137

141

135

Full Time Jobs

4,423

4,421

4,438

4,252

4,510

4,636

4,621

3,929

3,214

3,199

Gains

321

319

317

346

521

389

322

341

107

253

Losses

-588

-321

-300

-532

-263

-263

-337

-1,033

-822

-271

Net Change

-267

-2

17

-186

258

126

-15

-692

-715

-18

Contract/Part Time Jobs

400

331

197

146

207

220

241

228

247

318

(Source — Forfás Employment Survey 2010)

*(data is only available for a 10 year period)

Table 1b: Employment in Enterprise Ireland-aided companies in County Cavan 2001-2010*

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Number Of Plants

124

119

116

110

105

100

97

93

94

92

Full Time Jobs

4,072

4,490

4,771

5,101

5,699

5,671

6,166

6,601

5,778

5,438

Gains

252

593

447

498

936

683

648

802

73

111

Losses

-223

-175

-166

-168

-338

-711

-153

-367

-896

-466

Net Change

29

418

281

330

598

-28

495

435

-823

-355

Contract/Part Time Jobs

563

514

418

411

190

160

327

391

381

459

(Source — Forfás Employment Survey 2010)

*(data is only available for a 10 year period)

Table 2: Employment in Enterprise Ireland-aided companies in Ireland 2001-2010

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Number Of Plants

6,031

5,999

6,013

5,769

5,698

5,798

5,890

6,044

6,122

5,938

Full Time Jobs

162,392

158,656

155,149

152,861

153,946

163,041

166,879

160,941

142,596

137,241

Gains

14,782

14,470

13,570

12,613

14,619

21,705

17,993

13,717

8,721

8,193

Losses

-13,518

-18,206

-17,077

-14,901

-13,534

-12,610

-14,155

-19,655

-27,066

-13,548

Net Change

1,264

-3,736

-3,507

-2,288

1,085

9,095

3,838

-5,938

-18,345

-5,355

Contract/Part Time Jobs

16,074

16,142

14,828

14,323

13,565

15,467

15,599

16,210

17,707

19,336

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