A total of 25,048 proposed redundancies were notified to my Department under the Redundancy Acts, 1967 to 1991, during the 12 months between 1 October 2001 and 30 September 2002. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to job creation this year is not yet available. This year's Forfás annual employment survey, which will be carried out in November, will give details of jobs created and lost in companies assisted by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and county enterprise boards between 1 November 2001 and 31 October 2002. The 2001 survey showed that total permanent full-time employment in companies under the remit of the industrial development agencies, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Shannon Development and Údarás na Gaeltachta, amounted to 315,500 in 2001, a decline of 3,500 in comparison with the 2000 figure. While 30,000 jobs were created in 2001, these gains were offset by job losses of 33,500 during the same period.