Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 2 Jul 1996

Vol. 467 No. 7

Written Answers. - County Enterprise Boards.

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

332 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the amount of money approved in grant aid in each of the years from 1993 to 1995 and to date in 1996; and the amount of money dispersed on county enterprise board projects in respect of this period. [14003/96]

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

333 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the number of jobs created in each of the years from 1993 to 1995 and to date in 1996 by county enterprise board projects. [14004/96]

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

334 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the total estimated number of jobs created from county enterprise board projects for each of the years from 1993 to 1996. [14005/96]

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

335 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the number of projects approved by county enterprise boards for each of the years from 1993 to 1995 and to date in 1996. [14006/96]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 332, 333, 334 and 335 together.

The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the following tables which I am circulating in the Official Report. These tables contain the following: (a) County enterprise board grant approvals, 1993-94, 1995 and 1996 — to end June. The 1996 figures are provisional; (b) County enterprise board grant payments, 1993-94, 1995 and 1996 — to end June 1996. The 1996 figures are provisional; (c) Jobs created in county enterprise boardassisted projects 1993-94 and 1995 — details of jobs created in 1996 will become available from the boards at the end of this year/beginning of next year; (d) Projects approved by county enterprise boards, 1993-94, 1995 and 1996 — to end June 1996. The 1996 figures are provisional.

(a) Grant Approvals 1993-94, 1995 and 1996

County Enterprise Board	Grants Approved 1993-94	Grants Approved 1995	Grants Approved 1996
	£	£	£
Carlow	810,859	365,020	179,950
Cavan	769,124	363,146	94,800
Clare	743,900	365,000	168,160
Cork City	451,647	357,450	167,474
Cork North	547,000	332,400	134,000
Cork South	810,940	364,065	198,750
Cork West	705,276	365,000	160,000
Donegal	683,949	363,287	178,382
Dublin City	589,440	365,000	121,000
Dublin Fingal	547,571	358,434	170,182
South Dublin	1,012,588	363,610	179,000
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	580,133	354,249	160,250
Galway City and County	1,345,895	364,861	206,200
Kerry	1,183,913	364,479	181,747
Kildare	582,550	363,200	176,250
Kilkenny	706,726	364,555	176,613
Laois	621,219	365,947	163,750
Leitrim	731,614	365,326	175,444
Limerick City	543,983	365,000	194,765
Limerick County	931,154	364,108	180,273
Longford	522,039	365,025	238,975
Louth	337,824	365,216	107,225
Mayo	1,030,512	365,000	224,138
Meath	647,515	348,924	184,360
Monaghan	481,900	364,720	137,000
Offaly	856,210	363,595	168,300
Roscommon	750,795	361,462	183,285
Sligo	809,358	363,973	173,775
Tipperary NR	362,136	280,212	168,017
Tipperary SR	357,182	335,063	69,455
Waterford City	588,897	363,902	162,000
Waterford County	397,262	362,913	120,000
Westmeath	456,443	364,375	120,434
Wexford	994,978	361,111	234,095
Wicklow	780,050	365,000	140,774
Total	24,272,582	12,564,628	5,798,823

(b) Grant Payments 1993-94, 1995 and 1996

County Enterprise Board	Grants Paid 1994*	Grants Paid 1995	Grants Paid 1996
	£	£	£
Carlow	191,688	470,848	233,807
Cavan	123,860	366,368	268,460
Clare	271,871	430,421	172,127
Cork City	40,768	363,465	164,804
Cork North	171,919	173,759	141,662
Cork South	187,085	599,554	201,561
Cork West	74,335	325,262	248,347
Donegal	78,689	310,915	221,195
Dublin City	221,017	374,548	158,057
Dublin Fingal	69,080	378,764	185,745
South Dublin	257,428	467,481	196,240
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	70,859	579,999	224,001
Galway City and County	358,613	791,662	247,235
Kerry	184,453	467,210	210,607
Kildare	92,744	233,484	156,351
Kilkenny	98,456	537,166	242,200
Laois	115,359	435,973	210,948
Leitrim	201,460	448,727	253,895
Limerick City	89,052	358,675	218,584
Limerick County	133,490	448,040	385,040
Longford	207,374	227,104	159,609
Louth	72,015	229,845	139,934
Mayo	227,636	472,123	307,543
Meath	91,405	219,395	158,975
Monaghan	53,482	232,231	243,313
Offaly	103,768	378,988	230,853
Roscommon	132,417	461,206	223,006
Sligo	165,300	532,399	137,415
Tipperary NR	61,656	202,910	84,266
Tipperary SR	94,555	103,071	199,205
Waterford City	237,286	353,557	196,533
Waterford County	63,657	300,722	183,102
Westmeath	96,518	254,619	188,359
Wexford	156,082	583,897	268,484
Wicklow	169,347	393,187	304,556
Total	4,964,724	13,507,575	7,366,019

*No grants paid in 1993.

(c) Jobs created in CEB-assisted enterprises to 31st December 1995

County	1994 Full Time	1994 Part Time	1995 Full Time	1995 Part Time
Carlow	52	0	98	96
Cavan	45	15	75	60
Clare	67	20	105	47
Cork City	35	0	75	0
Cork North	32	0	71	0
Cork South	34	0	166	0
Cork West	39	9	95	0
Donegal	35	0	49	8
Dublin City	118	0	134	0
Fingal	29	2	145	2
South Dublin	24	5	51	1
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	50	0	102	0
Galway City and County	319	51	139	29
Kerry	25	8	95	56
Kildare	32	0	58	0
Kilkenny	22	3	78	11
Laois	39	12	114	30
Leitrim	53	4	43	2
Limerick City	47	8	65	2
Limerick County	30	1	76	33
Longford	65	13	82	12
Louth	21	2	70	38
Mayo	69	32	128	44
Meath	44	3	49	7
Monaghan	27	1	59	8
Offaly	36	0	66	10
Roscommon	80	16	117	70
Sligo	53	21	65	61
Tipperary North	29	4	43	30
Tipperary South	19	3	17	0
Waterford City	78	0	94	45
Waterford County	11	4	48	7
Westmeath	29	0	32	13
Wexford	61	18	70	12
Wicklow	27	8	113	81
Total	1,776	263	2,887	815

(d) Projects approved for assistance by each CEB in 1993-94, 1995 and 1996

County Enterprise Board	Number of Projects Approved 1993-94	Number of Projects Approved 1995	Number of Projects Approved 1996
Carlow	88	47	14
Cavan	72	42	13
Clare	93	61	17
Cork City	66	45	22
Cork North	42	24	9
Cork South	86	38	4
Cork West	71	47	16
Donegal	79	65	10
Dublin City	83	50	17
Dublin Fingal	43	32	17
South Dublin	56	32	19
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	58	45	21
Galway City and County	195	82	53
Kerry	155	41	21
Kildare	75	47	24
Kilkenny	70	40	22
Laois	62	37	16
Letrim	87	46	27
Limerick City	94	53	16
Limerick County	137	43	24
Longford	61	41	30
Louth	44	45	17
Mayo	127	44	26
Meath	70	49	29
Monaghan	33	29	9
Offaly	72	56	25
Roscommon	88	52	22
Sligo	92	48	20
Tipperary NR	37	33	18
Tipperary SR	59	40	13
Waterford City	93	42	24
Waterford County	60	45	16
Westmeath	51	39	20
Wexford	103	66	30
Wicklow	57	34	13
Total	2,759*	1,580**	694***

*Includes 802 feasibility studies.

**Includes 324 feasibility studies.

***Includes 88 feasibility studies.