Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of jobs created in County Mayo with the assistance of Údarás na Gaeltachta in the year 2006 in each Gaeltacht area; the number of these positions that were replacement jobs; the number of jobs lost in Údarás assisted companies in Mayo in 2006; and the net increase or decrease result of Údarás assisted job in Mayo for 2006. [3117/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The position in regard to the number of jobs created and lost in Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies in Co. Mayo in 2006 is as follows:

Jobs created, 135

Jobs lost, 60

Net increase, 75.

I understand from Údarás that none of jobs created in 2006 were in enterprises that replaced other enterprises which had ceased business in the recent past. The Deputy will be pleased to learn that the net gain in 2006 brings the total employed in Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies in Gaeltacht areas in Co Mayo to 831 at year-end, the highest employment number achieved to date in the county. I have arranged for a copy of the Údarás na Gaeltachta 2006 Review in regard to Co. Mayo to be forwarded to the Deputy for his information.