Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2013
102. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a memorandum of understanding signed with the lighting manufacturing company G-LED will be fulfilled; if the 100 jobs promised in County Sligo will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4691/13]
View answerI understand that the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2010 with Ballymote Community Enterprise Ltd. to establish a facility in the Ballymote Business Park. The proposal was to supply the Irish market with lighting products. There was no State agency involvement with the Memorandum of Understanding. However, IDA Ireland met with the company on a number of occasions in relation to G-LED’s proposal and provided advice, but as the company proposed supplying the Irish market solely, it was not eligible for grant aid under the Industrial Development Acts. If the company were to develop into exporting markets at a later stage, the matter could be revisited. At present, therefore, the position is that this is a private sector proposal and the future development of the initiative remains a matter solely for the company.
