Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 June 2010
117 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits to the Information Age Park, Ennis, County Clare, that have taken place in 2010 by companies looking to set up here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23340/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra118 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new jobs created in the Information Age Park, Ennis, County Clare for each of the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra119 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs in the Information Age Park, Ennis, County Clare for the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23342/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 117 to 119, inclusive, together.
The Information Age Park in Ennis is operated by Shannon Development and the task of securing and supporting industrial clients there is assigned to IDA and Enterprise Ireland.
I am informed by Shannon Development that, to date in 2010, there have been 13 site visits to the Information Age Park in Ennis and from these visits the development agencies have got 5 new clients.
The number of new jobs created in the Information Age Park in each of the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 are set out in the tabular statement, as are the total employment figures in the Park for each of those years.
|
Year |
Number of new jobs created |
|
2008 |
25 |
|
2009 |
12 |
|
2010 (to date ) |
9 |
|
Year |
Total number of jobs |
|
2008 |
61 |
|
2009 |
63 |
|
2010 |
67 |
120 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of site visits made by the Industrial Development Authority to sites for the purposes of creating new businesses and employment in County Clare for each of the years from 2007, 2008, 2009 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23343/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have been informed by IDA Ireland and Shannon Development that since 2007, a total of 60 site visits were made by potential investors to County Clare and the Shannon Free Zone. A breakdown of these visits, by year and location is set out in the tabular statement.
|
Year |
Number of site visits |
|
2007 |
8 |
|
2008 |
10 |
|
2009 |
12 |
|
2010 (end May) |
5 |
|
Year |
Number of site visits |
Location |
|
2007 |
6 |
All to Shannon Free Zone |
|
2008 |
4 |
All to Shannon Free Zone |
|
2009 |
10 |
6 to Shannon Free Zone4 to Ennis |
|
2010 (end May) |
5 |
All to Shannon Free Zone |
