Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new jobs created on a weekly basis in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the number of jobs lost in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45737/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Figures in respect of the number of jobs created or lost in firms assisted by the industrial development agencies, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development, are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey. As the information is compiled on an annualised basis, the figures in respect of 2010 will not be available until 2011. Details of the number of jobs created and lost on an annual basis over the last three years are set out in the following tabular statement.

My Department does not collect or retain information on the number of jobs that have been created or lost in County and City Enterprise Board assisted companies. However statistical information in relation to details of jobs existing in companies assisted by the County and City Enterprise Boards is collated annually and is set out in the following tabular statement for the last three years. Figures in respect of 2010 will be available in early 2011.