Wednesday, 9 Oct 2013

Written Answers Nos. 106 - 112

Sale of State Assets

Questions (106)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

106. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the disposal of State assets remains included in options for consideration by his Department; if such options are likely to be used as a last resort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42752/13]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The scope and content of the Government’s State Assets Disposal Programme was agreed by Government in February 2012. No additional State assets are under consideration for inclusion in the State Assets Disposal Programme at this time.

Job Creation Data

Questions (107, 108)

Derek Nolan

Question:

107. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, a county breakdown of the number of jobs created by State agencies such as the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/13]

Derek Nolan

Question:

108. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of jobs created by State agencies such as the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland in Galway city; if he will also provide the numbers for the constituency of Galway West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of the number of full time jobs created in each year from 2008 to 2012 in IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies is set out on a county by county basis in the following tabular statements.

Data is compiled on an annualized basis and is aggregated at county level. The information is provided by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. It is therefore not possible to provide information for individual locations in a particular county.

I am pleased to say that 2012 was a particularly good year for job creation in Agency supported companies, with IDA client companies creating a total of 12,722 gross new full time jobs and Enterprise Ireland client companies creating a total of 12,861 gross new full time jobs.

Table 1 - Table showing the number of new jobs created on a county by county basis by Enterprise Ireland supported companies in each of the years from 2008 to 2012

County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Carlow	223	40	225	253	152
Cavan	335	89	196	369	374
Clare	86	50	202	94	133
Cork	1,320	1,143	1,160	1,997	1,663
Donegal	270	164	218	301	180
Dublin	4,704	3,864	4,535	3,938	4,097
Galway	532	386	617	855	572
Kerry	260	172	142	232	194
Kildare	351	476	295	1,082	534
Kilkenny	176	74	140	150	320
Laois	93	23	76	158	76
Leitrim	44	11	31	46	54
Limerick	498	344	418	289	684
Longford	141	120	74	86	116
Louth	472	205	255	389	299
Mayo	289	203	144	716	197
Meath	325	350	301	362	615
Monaghan	341	74	252	391	294
Offaly	689	100	266	173	139
Roscommon	39	37	46	108	29
Sligo	87	74	131	140	247
Tipperary North	91	23	161	127	49
Tipperary South	321	56	80	123	81
Waterford	492	317	431	909	692
Westmeath	379	92	154	340	275
Wexford	368	310	222	191	385
Wicklow	265	91	215	204	410

Table 2 – Table showing the number of new jobs created on a county by county basis by IDA Ireland supported companies in each of the years from 2008 to 2012

County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Carlow	74	49	87	75	116
Cavan	32	18	52	3	43
Clare	140	123	30	27	37
Cork	2,116	1,108	1,393	1,990	1,979
Donegal	67	63	152	271	186
Dublin	4,351	2,284	5,037	6,864	6,389
Galway	636	442	789	1,047	859
Kerry	86	25	50	163	74
Kildare	113	30	1,228	398	176
Kilkenny	1	0	17	33	180
Laois	0	17	10	3	2
Leitrim	35	5	65	7	1
Limerick	286	172	163	233	400
Longford	30	8	4	0	24
Louth	75	33	43	109	386
Mayo	132	97	183	69	126
Meath	132	30	38	53	68
Monaghan	15	19	28	0	3
Offaly	29	22	25	31	31
Roscommon	41	0	12	51	53
Sligo	103	54	53	93	149
Tipperary North	13	0	14	22	0
Tipperary South	262	252	56	84	10
Waterford	176	112	146	72	75
Westmeath	134	231	128	194	252
Wexford	120	14	174	51	111
Wicklow	53	39	13	66	60

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Questions (109, 110, 111)

Derek Nolan

Question:

109. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a county breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of businesses which have used State supports such as the microfinance fund and the credit guarantee scheme. [42615/13]

Derek Nolan

Question:

110. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a county breakdown in tabular form of the number of businesses in Galway West which have used State supports for Irish businesses such as the micro-finance fund and the credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42616/13]

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

111. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the take-up of the partial loan guarantee scheme and microenterprise loan scheme for each year that it has been in operation. [42621/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, together.

Quarterly progress reports on the Microenterprise Loan Fund and the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme are published on my Department’s website www.enterprise.gov.ie. The progress report detailing the analysis and performance of both Schemes for the quarterly period ending 30th June 2013 is available on my Department’s website. I intend to publish the next progress reports to end September 2013 by mid-October, when the reports have been finalised.

Credit Guarantee Scheme Review

Questions (112)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

112. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the findings and recommendations of the external review of the partial loan guarantee scheme; and if he will make public the full review. [42622/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

I gave a commitment to review the Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) after 12 months of operation. The Scheme has been operational since 24 October 2012. As at 4th October there were 69 live CGS facilities resulting in €9.7m being sanctioned through the Scheme by the participating lenders resulting in 433 new jobs being created and 139 jobs maintained.

As take-up continued to be slow, the Scheme was recently independently reviewed with a view to identifying the reasons for this and recommending changes to the Scheme design. The Review included detailed consultations with all key stakeholders. A Steering Group, chaired by my Department, is currently assessing the expert Review and will shortly report back to me outlining what action needs to be taken to amend the Scheme. I intend to publish the Review once this assessment is complete.