Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of jobs so far created and the number projected to be created by the capital investment plan with a breakdown by year. [34657/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Based on data provided by the implementing Departments and Agencies, a profile of estimated employment to be created or sustained through the public capital programme is provided on page 107 of the Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010-2016 report. This suggests that the public capital programme will create or sustain between 55,000 and 75,000 jobs per annum over the period of the plan. Of course, these figures should be treated as indicative only given the difficulty in estimating the overall employment impact of such capital investment plans.