Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2012
286 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland have to increase investment in County Meath in the years 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29597/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraBoth IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are autonomous agencies with statutory obligations to, in the case of IDA Ireland, attract foreign direct investment to this country and its regions and, in the case of Enterprise Ireland, to develop indigenous industry and to secure opportunities for those industries in international markets and thereby increase employment in this country. There are 16 IDA Ireland client companies in Co. Meath employing approximately 1,300 people while 172 Enterprise Ireland client companies employ 5,120 people in that county.
The Action Plan for Jobs has set a target of supporting the creation of 100,000 net new jobs over the period 2012 to 2016, with the longer term objective of having 2 million people at work by 2020. The Action plan contains 270 measures for delivery across all Government Departments and 36 agencies which will support job creation in this and future years. While specific job targets have not been set for individual locations the enterprise development agencies under the aegis of my Department work closely with one another and with other state agencies to delivering the job creation targets which have been set. In addition I should point out that despite severe budgetary constraints, my Department secured an increase in its capital budget for 2012. Between 2012 and 2013 almost €1m has been committed for capital supports for enterprise.
The following revised reply was received on 29 June 2012.
Both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are autonomous agencies with statutory obligations to, in the case of IDA Ireland, attract foreign direct investment to this country and its regions and, in the case of Enterprise Ireland, to develop indigenous industry and to secure opportunities for those industries in international markets and thereby increase employment in this country.
There are 16 IDA Ireland client companies in County Meath employing approximately 1,300 people while 172 Enterprise Ireland client companies employ 5,120 people in the county.
The Action Plan for Jobs has set a target of supporting the creation of 100,000 net new jobs over the period 2012 to 2016, with the longer term objective of having 2 million people at work by 2020. The action plan contains 270 measures for delivery across all Government Departments and 36 agencies which will support job creation in this and future years. While specific job targets have not been set for individual locations the enterprise development agencies under the aegis of my Department work closely with one another and with other state agencies to delivering the job creation targets which have been set.
In addition, despite severe budgetary constraints, my Department secured an increase in its capital budget for 2012. Between 2012 and 2013 almost €1 billion has been committed for capital supports to enterprise countrywide.
