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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Questions (413, 414, 415)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA supported companies and the value of grants refunded to the IDA for each of the past 10 years. [47274/12]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the grants refunded to the Industrial Development Agency by client companies includes grants that were not drawn down as well as grants returned due to failure to meet contractual targets. [47275/12]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total levels of grants awarded that were not drawn down by Industrial Development Agency client companies for each of the past 10 years. [47276/12]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 to 415, inclusive, together.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. The number of new jobs created in IDA client companies in each of the years 2002 to 2011 is set out in the tabular statement. Figures for 2012 will not be available until the end of the year. Details of IDA Ireland’s job and investment announcements from 2008 onwards are available on the Agency’s website – www.idaireland.ie. Details of announcements in the period 2002 to 2007 are set out on the attached tabular statement. It must be remembered, however, that not all investment and job creation projects are announced.

Information relating to grants approvals for IDA client companies is confidential between the Agency and the client company. In all instances where financial assistance is approved by IDA for a company, the agency and the client enter into a legal and binding contract. The contract, which is confidential between IDA Ireland and the company, includes conditions and milestones with which the company is required to comply before any financial assistance is paid. IDA Ireland pays grants pro rata with achieved performance so, in order to draw down grants, a company must meet the agreed performance targets as set out in the contract.

I understand from IDA Ireland that there is normally a time lag of between 2 to 3 years between a grant approval and actual payment of the first instalment of that grant. In addition, grants are usually paid over a number of years when various criteria have been met by the client company. Accordingly, it is not possible to provide accurate data relating to grants awarded in a particular year but not drawn down in that year.

Grant payments are refunded to IDA Ireland when a company fails to meet the conditions outlined in the grant agreement or in instances where companies have closed. The total amount of grants refunded annually is contained in the financial statements to the Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. IDA’s Annual Reports for each of the years 2007 to 2011 are available on the Agency’s website www.idairelad.com.

Table showing Number of Jobs created in IDA Supported Companies in each of the years 2002 to 2011 inclusive

Year

Number of new jobs created

2002

11,407

2003

9,357

2004

10,846

2005

12,176

2006

12,531

2007

10,401

2008

9,203

2009

5,239

2010

9,075

2011

11,594

List of IDA announcements by Year from 2002 to 2007.

Date Announced

Company

Location

Product / Activity

No. Jobs Announced

27-Nov-07

FINCAD

Dublin 

EMEA HQ 

30

Nov-07

Novell 

Dublin

EMEA Teleweb

40

Nov-07

Celestica 

Galway

Automated Manufacturing Servicves

120

Nov-07

Legal & General

Dublin

Financial Services

20

Oct-07

Wyeth

Kildare 

Phamra

20

Oct-07

Nortel 

Galway

ICT

60

19-Sep-07

Blizzard 

Cork 

European Customer Centre 

50

19-Sep-07

KCI 

Westmeath 

Global Manufacturing Operation 

50

10-Sep-07

Solar Winds 

Cork 

EMEA HQ 

75

10-Sep-07

Apex Funds 

Cork 

European HQ

40

11-Jul-07

Teleflex 

Athlone 

Customer Service 

150

Jul-07

Merrill Lynch 

Dublin

Financial Services

40

Jun-07

Sanmina

Cork

ICT

50

Apr-07

Parmerica 

Donegal

Shared Services

80

Apr-07

Amazon

Cork

ICT

450

17-Apr-07

ACI Worldwide 

Limerick 

Software 

100

17-Apr-07

Rovsing A/S 

Limerick 

Sofware 

30

17-Apr-07

AR Europe Limited 

Limerick 

ICT 

21

17-Apr-07

Gala Inc 

Dublin 

On-Line Games 

32

Apr-07

DeCare Systems 

Cork

Financial Services

100

12-Apr-07

Paragon Global Resources 

Dublin 

International Services 

100

Apr-07

Gilead

Dublin

Pharma

80

02-Apr-07

Integra 

Offaly 

Medical Technology 

65

Mar-07

GlaxoSmithKline

Cork

Pharma

150

Mar-07

IBM

Cork & Galway

ICT

130

Mar-07

Equifax Inc

Wexford

ICT

180

Feb-07

VMWare 

Cork

ICT

369

22-Jan-07

Daiwa Securities 

Dundalk 

Hedge Fund Administration 

300

04-Dec-06

Eli Lilly 

Cork 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacture

200

06-Nov-06

Merck Sharp & Dohme

Tipperary

Pharma

120

15-Nov-06

Google

Dublin 

Internet Services

500+

21-Nov-06

Cisco 

Galway 

R&D Communications Technology 

200

27-Oct-06

Servier 

Belview 

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility 

155

07-Sep-06

Northern Trust 

Limerick 

Fund Administration 

300

25-Jul-06

Cordis 

Cashel 

Development & Manufacturing Centre 

450

19-Jun-06

Trend Micro

Cork

ICT

100

12-Jun-06

Netgear 

Cork 

Intl HQ

100

25-Apr-06

Sandisk Intl 

Dublin 

EMEA HQ 

125

12-Apr-06

Becton Dickinson

Louth

Medical Devices

125

07-Apr-06

Moffet Engineering

Dundalk

Engineering

87

30-Mar-06

Pillar Data Systems 

Drogheda 

Computer Data Storage Systems

200

21-Mar-06

Abbott Laboratories

Donegal 

Healthcare Products 

155

20-Mar-06

Actel 

Dublin 

European IC Development Centre 

20

15-Mar-06

Vistakon

Limerick

Med Tech

124

14-Mar-06

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Athlone

Research Institute

50

07-Mar-06

HP

Kildare

Financial Services

110

01-Mar-06

Amazon.Com Inc 

Cork 

Multi-lingual Customer Service Centre 

450

22-Feb-06

Sage Technologies 

Dublin 

Software 

40

09-Feb-06

Vesta Corporation 

Dundalk 

Financial Services

350

09-Feb-06

Pop Cap Games

Dublin

Digital Media

50

02-Feb-06

Vodafone

Dublin

ICT

25

25-Jan-06

Citco 

Cork 

Financial Services

250

12-Jan-06

USCI Ireland 

Galway 

Medical Technology 

125

12-Jan-06

Amgen 

Cork 

Biotechnology 

1100

14-Dec-05

Vmware

Cork

ICT

78

13-Dec-05

Google

Dublin

Internet Services 

600

06-Dec-05

Alps Electric Co Ltd

Cork

Engineering

140

02-Dec-05

Parsons

Cork

Engineering

80

28-Oct-05

Palm

Dublin

Mobile computing & provider of smartphones

35

29-Sep-05

International Fund Services

Louth

Financial Services

230

22-Sep-05

Zeus Industrial Products

Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Produce and distribute medical tubing products

150

21-Sep-05

Axa Assistance SA

Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Assistance service centre

300

22-Aug-05

BISYS Hedge Fund Services

Waterford

Financial Services

250

20-Jul-05

Genzyme Corporation

Waterford

Pharmaceuticals

12

20-Jul-05

Citigroup

Dublin

Financial Services

8

20-Jul-05

Bristol Myers Squibb Company

Dublin & Galway

Pharmaceuticals

32

07-Jun-05

Qlogic Corporation

Dublin

Storage Area Network Infrastructure Component Providers

100

20-May-05

Waters Corporation

Wexford

Engineering

125

17-May-05

PFPC

Navan

Financial Services

290

17-May-05

PFPC

Wexford

Financial Services

200

16-May-05

Siemens Business Services

Cork

ICT

30

16-May-05

Cascade Design Inc

Cork

Engineering

45

16-May-05

Alcon Inc

Cork

Engineering

140

09-May-05

Ellison

Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Manufacture Dies & Die Cutting Equipment

34

05-May-05

International Fund Services (Ireland) Limited (IFS)

Kildare

Financial Services

240

12-Apr-05

DC Studios

Dublin

Video game development

50

11-Apr-05

Engenoi Information Technologies

Cork

Information Storage Systems

95

31-Mar-05

SITA Inc

Donegal 

Air Transport Applications

123

31-Mar-05

Toucan

Sligo

Consumer Telecoms

300

25-Feb-05

Resprionics Inc

Galway

Medical technology

105

25-Feb-05

Labcoat Ltd

Galway

Drug applications technologies

68

25-Feb-05

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc

Galway

manufacture & distribute wire products for medical sector

40

15-Feb-05

Yahoo!

Dublin

Online product & service providers

400

03-Feb-05

Colgate-Palmolive

Dublin

Global IT Centre

30

03-Feb-05

Hartford Financial Services

Dublin

Financial Services

130

03-Feb-05

AutoEurpoe

Dublin

Car rental Call Centre

60

03-Feb-05

MarketBoomer

Dublin

eProcurement Service Provider

35

13-Jan-05

Amazon.com

Dublin

ICT

25

29-Nov-04

Innocoll Inc

Roscommon

Healthcare R&D & Manufacturing

60

List of IDA announcements by Year from 2002 to 2007 ctd.

Date Announced

Company

Location

Product/Activity

No. Jobs Announced

29-Nov-04

Innocoll Inc

Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Healthcare R&D & Manufacturing

16

29-Nov-04

Conor Medsystems Inc

Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Drug Delivery Sector

40

29-Nov-04

Cooper Cameron Corporation

Longford

Manufacture of oil & gas exploration products

57

26-Nov-04

Dell

Dublin

ICT

420

18-Nov-04

Europ Assistance

Navan

Shared Services

42

28-Oct-04

McAfee Incorporated

Cork

Security Software

152

12-Oct-04

Business Objects

Dublin

Business Intelligence Software Solutions

350

08-Oct-04

AK Pharmaceuticals 

Cork

Pharmaceutical

220

06-Aug-04

Kellogs

Dublin

Consumer Products

80

05-Aug-04

Altera Corporation

Cork

Logic devices 

60

27-Jul-04

Centocor

Cork

Biopharmaceutical Manufacture

330

30-Jun-04

Bell Labs

Dublin

ICT

120

29-Jun-04

Merit Medical Systems Inc

Galway

Med Tech

230

28-Jun-04

ECC

Dublin

Web Learning Centre

30

22-Jun-04

Guidant Corporation

Tipperary

Medical Tech 

1000

21-Jun-04

Ecora Software 

Cork

Software dev, research, sales and marketing

60

14-Jun-04

Elan Corporation Plc

Athlone

Pharma

120

20-Apr-04

Merck & Co. Inc

Dublin 

Pharmaceutical

80

05-Apr-04

Ubiqus SA

Waterford

centre for report writing

69

05-Apr-04

Liebherr Container Cranes Limited

Kerry

Engineering

6

05-Apr-04

Dollinger (Ireland) Limited

Kerry

Engineering

70

23-Mar-04

Monster Cable

Co. Clare

Cable Manufacture

50

04-Mar-04

Contech Medical

Galway

Medical Device

80

24-Feb-04

TKO Software

Dublin

Software development & services

40

17-Feb-04

Reed Executive

Sligo

Recruitment

30

17-Feb-04

2R Kunstsofftechnik

Sligo

Engineering

24

02-Feb-04

Merrill Lynch

Dublin

Financial Services

500

20-Jan-04

Comprehensive Sports Information (CSI)

Galway

On-line sports news and statistics

31

04-Dec-03

Transas Ltd

Cork

manufacture & supply software information technology solutions

30

14-Oct-03

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS)

Cork

Information technology outsourcing services

100

13-Oct-03

MAPICS Incorporated

Athlone

Software Development Centre

55

06-Oct-03

Olympus Diagnostica GmbH

Clare

Med Tech

22

16-Sep-03

 eBay & PayPal

Dublin 15

Secure online payments 

800

15-Sep-03

Pepsi-Cola

Cork

Soft Drinks Manufacture

250

09-Sep-03

TR-Electronic GmbH

Cork

Software development

30

07-Jul-03

BuiPin GmbH

Waterford

Paint Manufacture

20

07-Jul-03

ABB Transformers

Waterford

Engineering

70

01-Jul-03

Infineon Technologies

Dublin

Engineering

30

08-May-03

Gerard Laboratories

Dublin

Pharma

200

29-Apr-03

Inamed Corporation

Arklow

Med Tech

200

23-Apr-03

Accenture

Dublin

Management Consulting

150

14-Apr-03

Overture Services Inc 

Dublin

Internet Search Operations Centre

200

02-Apr-03

Guehring oHG Albstadt

Waterford

Coating of Metal Tools

50

01-Apr-03

SAP 

Galway

Global Technical Support and Customer Interaction Centre

350

28-Mar-03

M/A COM Eurotec BV

Cork

Engineering

18

28-Mar-03

Minelab Electroncis 

Cork

Engineering

48

28-Mar-03

Schlumberger

Little Island, Cork

Shared Services Centre

150

28-Mar-03

ALTANA Pharma AG

Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork

pharmaceutical manufacturing

150

20-Mar-03

CIGNA Corp

Galway

Medical Claims Processing

220

12-Mar-03

Google

Dublin

Internet Search Operations Centre

200

04-Mar-03

Abbott Laboratories

Sligo

Med Tech

350

04-Mar-03

Abbott Laboratories

Longford

Med Tech

600

12-Feb-03

Trend Micro

Cork

Anti-Virus Software & Content Security Software & Services

100

03-Feb-03

Harmac Medical Products

Roscommon

Med Tech

150

28-Jan-03

Recordati S.p.A

Cork

Pharmaceutical

60

16-Jan-03

Pfizer Inc

Dublin

Pharmaceutical

200

19-Nov-02

Advanced Medical Optics Inc

Mayo

Medical Products

30

19-Nov-02

Advanced Medical Optics Inc

Dublin

Medical Products

30

12-Nov-02

Abbott Laboratories

Galway

Pharmaceuticals

600

02-Oct-02

McKesson Corporation

Cork

Medical Products

15

02-Oct-02

Marriot Ownership Resorts

Cork

Holiday Ownership

250

25-Sep-02

Oakley Inc

Westmeath

Medical Products

100

23-Sep-02

Starwood Hotels & Resorts World

Cork

Hotel and Leisure Reservation Centre

190

20-Sep-02

NetIQ

Galway

ICT

180

18-Sep-02

Servier (Irl) Industries Limited

Arklow

Pharmaceuticals

100

18-Sep-02

Quantum

Louth

ICT

120

18-Sep-02

Symantec

Dublin

ICT

250

10-Sep-02

AOL

Waterford

ICT

125

23-Jul-02

Micros Systems

Galway

ICT

180

22-Jul-02

MBNA

Leitrim

Financial Services

500

17-Jul-02

Medtronic

Galway

Med Tech

400

23-May-02

Takeda Chemical Industries Limited

Dublin

Pharma

60

18-Apr-02

Churchill Insurance Group Plc

Galway

Insurance

600

18-Apr-02

Thomson NETg

Limerick

ICT

360

12-Apr-02

GN ReSound Limited

Cork

Medical Tech

20

12-Apr-02

RF Integration Inc

Cork

ICT

40

12-Apr-02

Dow Corning Corporation

Cork

ICT

60

02-Apr-02

Guehring oHG Albstadt

Waterford

Engineering

50

26-Mar-02

GMAC Technology 

Westmeath

Financial Services

100

26-Feb-02

Bausch & Lomb

Waterford

Med Tech

30

20-Feb-02

Deutsche Press-Agentur GmbH

Cork

Consumer Products

20

05-Feb-02

Fort Wayne Metal

Research Products Corp

Mayo

Engineering

88

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