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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Employment figures in relation to jobs supported by the industrial development agencies - IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development - are compiled on an annual basis, in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey. The most up to date statistics detail jobs gained and lost up until 2009. Quarterly data is not available. As the information is compiled on an annualised basis, the...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Since their establishment the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) have had primary responsibility for the delivery of State support to the indigenous micro-enterprise sector i.e. businesses which employ 10 or less workers. The CEBs, through both financial and non-financial assistance, support the sector in the start-up and expansion phases and stimulate enterprise potential at local...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Since their establishment the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) have had primary responsibility for the delivery of State support to the indigenous micro-enterprise sector i.e. businesses which employ 10 or less workers. The CEBs, through both financial and non-financial assistance, support the sector in the start-up and expansion phases and stimulate enterprise potential at local...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Figures in respect of numbers employed in firms assisted by the industrial development agencies -IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development - are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which are the 2009 figures. As the information is compiled on an annualised basis, the figures in respect of 2010 will not be available until 2011....

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: In the five year period 2005 to 2009, inclusive, there have been two site visits to County Tipperary, one in 2005 and one in 2009. In the same period, a total of 1,407 new jobs were created in IDA supported companies in South Tipperary. Details of the number of new jobs created in each of those years is set out in the attached tabular statement. In marketing South Tipperary for new foreign...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Figures in respect of the number of manufacturing jobs created in firms assisted by the industrial development agencies - IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development - are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which are the 2009 figures. As the information is compiled on an annualised basis, the figures in respect of 2010 will not be...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The number of persons employed in the retail sector is compiled by the Central Statistics Office. I have been informed by the Central Statistics Office that the number of persons employed in the retail sector (except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) in 2005 and to date in 2010 was 179,900 and 182,100 respectively. In relation to the motor industry, the number of persons employed in the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Figures in respect of numbers employed in firms assisted by the industrial development agencies -IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development - are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which are the 2009 figures. As the information is compiled on an annualised basis, the figures in respect of 2010 will not be available until 2011. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: In the past five years four Assistant Secretaries retired from my Department with a total amount of €941,142 being paid in lump sum payments. The retirement lump sum is based on 3/80ths of salary in respect of each year of service subject to a maximum of 120/80ths (40 years service) for members of the Civil Service Superannuation Scheme.

Economic Strategy: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—supports fully the actions and policies of the Government designed to restore sustainable economic growth and job creation capacity to the economy as soon as possible, through: safeguarding the future of the banking system as a provider of credit to viable enterprises in the State; pursuing...

Written Answers — Task Force Reports: Task Force Reports (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1682 and 1734 together. In June of this year I issued, and discussed with the Task Force Chairman, the most recent report on the Government's response to the recommendations in the Interim Report of the Mid West Task Force. On 21 June this detailed update was also forwarded to the Dáil for circulation to all Deputies. The report contains details of the very...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Annual Competitiveness Report 2010, published by the National Competitiveness Council in July this year, acknowledged that since January 2008, Ireland has regained some of the competitiveness it had lost at the start of the global economic downturn. The improvement in competitiveness is closely linked to the policies the Government has pursued to restore stability to the economy. Some of...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1687 to 1689, inclusive, together. My Department has a range of strategies designed to support and grow enterprises thus facilitating the creation and retention of jobs in the economy. However, specific activation policies, or measures targeted at the unemployed or cohorts of the unemployed, such as the under 25s and the long-term unemployed, are the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Foreign direct investment industries are located in each county in the State, and in the Shannon Free Zone. The greatest concentration of FDI industries is in Dublin. Table 1 shows the number of foreign companies supported by IDA on a county by county basis and by Shannon Development in the Shannon Free Zone in each year of the past 10 years. In the same 10 year period, a total of 261 IDA...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. The number of jobs lost in IDA supported companies, on a county by county basis, in each of the past 10 years is set out in the attached tabular statement. Each year an average...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Foreign direct investment has been a major contributor to Ireland's development in the past 50 years. Nearly a quarter of a million quality Irish jobs exist today because of our long term commitment to make Ireland a location of choice for multinational companies. At present there are 980 IDA supported multinational companies established here. These companies account for 70% of total...

Written Answers — New Enterprises: New Enterprises (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The information sought by the Deputy is not available through the CSO in the format requested. Enterprise Demography Statistics are, however, compiled by the CSO under the Structural Business Statistics Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 which entered into force in late 2007. The latest CSO Business Demography returns for 2008 were published on 20 September 2010 and the Table contains information...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: IDA Ireland has 17 overseas offices located in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific and South America, details of which are set out in the following tabular statement. In recent years IDA has increased its international presence through the expansion of existing offices in the US and the development of new offices/representatives in France, China, Russia and Brazil, as part of a...

Written Answers — Irish Exports: Irish Exports (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The following table sets out the relevant details. Value of exports by Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC) Exports from Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC) as % of total Exports from Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC exports) as % of GDP Total Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy for Foreign-owned Agency-assisted Firms â'¬bn % % â'¬bn 2004 100.7...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: IDA Ireland is responsible for attracting foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. I am informed by IDA that: In February 2010 Generale PanEurope(GPE) and Generali International(GI) announced that they have commissioned a new building, which will be located in the IDA Navan Business Park, Athlumney, Navan, County Meath. It is envisaged that the numbers employed will continue to...