Fergus O'Dowd
Ceist:205 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in County Louth in the past five years; the location of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26426/03]
Written Answers. - Job Losses.
The number of redundancies notified to my Department in respect of County Louth over the last five years is as follows:
|
1998 |
433 |
|
1999 |
405 |
|
2000 |
1,140 |
|
2001 |
642 |
|
2002 |
962 |
|
2003 (1 January-31 October) |
492 |
|
Total |
4,074 |
Figures are not available in respect of the location of the redundancies within the county. The notified redundancy IT system is geographically based on a county by county allocation.