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- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Martin Heydon: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs created in 2016 and maintained to date in County Kildare under the Geoscience Ireland-Enterprise Ireland business cluster initiative; his plans for this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/17]
- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Seán Kyne: ...sectoral cluster, with its expertise increasingly being shared with other initiatives in Ireland. GI member companies reported that 179 net new jobs were created in 2016. Those companies based or headquartered in County Kildare created a total of 46 net new jobs in 2016. It is estimated that approximately half of these jobs are based in Kildare, with the balance of staff distributed...
- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. To what extent will further expansion will be considered in County Kildare with obvious benefits for the county? To what degree does the success to date indicate sufficient confidence to progress in that direction? What potential is there for further job creation on a major scale?
- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Seán Kyne: ...operating and contracting works, providing services for mining and quarrying, drilling for mineral exploitation, and engaged in water and geotechnical projects and infrastructural development. In Kildare, GI companies established 46 new jobs in 2016 and there is great potential for job creation. They are allowing companies which are trying to expand into Europe to collaborate to best...
- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Bernard Durkan: Based on current analysis, can I ask the degree to which it might be possible to determine the full extent of the potential of the programme nationally, and in County Kildare, and to examine the possibilities?
- Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)
Seán Kyne: Four companies were involved in job creation in County Kildare - Murphy Surveys Limited, Irish Geotechnical Services Limited, Blaney and Reid Geological Limited and Trench Control Limited. They added 28 jobs in Kildare with the balance of jobs created in Dublin and the UK. Currently, there are 31 partner companies, which is up from 28 in a short time. Companies are contacting GSI to become...