Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Semi-State Bodies
8:00 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give a breakdown of the number of companies supported by IDA Ireland in each county here; the number of employees employed in those IDA Ireland supported companies per county; the amount of grant aid awarded to the IDA Ireland supported companies over the past ten years; and if he will give a breakdown per county. [25397/04]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The following tables show the following data: the number of IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive; the number of employees in IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive; and the amount of grant aid awarded to IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive. IDA Ireland does not provide a company-by-company breakdown of the grant aid awarded in each county for confidentiality and competitive reasons.
| Number of IDA supported Companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive. | ||||||||||
| County | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Carlow | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Cavan | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Clare | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Cork | 112 | 113 | 110 | 109 | 121 | 133 | 134 | 132 | 134 | 134 |
| Donegal | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Dublin | 372 | 426 | 511 | 565 | 593 | 690 | 667 | 577 | 535 | 499 |
| Galway | 38 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 52 |
| Kerry North | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Kerry South | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Kildare | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| Kilkenny | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Laois | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Leitrim | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Limerick | 47 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 39 |
| Longford | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Louth | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 |
| Mayo | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| Meath | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Monaghan | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Offaly | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Roscommon | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Sligo | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| Tipperary North | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Tipperary South | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Waterford | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| Westmeath | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Wexford | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Wicklow | 26 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| Total | 908 | 961 | 1,037 | 1,099 | 1,158 | 1,266 | 1,250 | 1,148 | 1,102 | 1,054 |
| Number of employees in IDA supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive. | ||||||||||
| County | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Carlow | 1,405 | 1,224 | 1,156 | 1,135 | 1,200 | 1,176 | 1,123 | 1,102 | 1,058 | 1,019 |
| Cavan | 1,266 | 1,312 | 1,236 | 1,239 | 1,257 | 1,218 | 1,218 | 1,231 | 1,236 | 1,169 |
| Clare | 1,103 | 1,114 | 1,141 | 1,162 | 1,130 | 1,188 | 1,211 | 1,081 | 914 | 890 |
| Cork | 10,775 | 11,453 | 11,953 | 12,499 | 13,763 | 15,037 | 18,025 | 18,532 | 18,204 | 18,162 |
| Donegal | 4,362 | 4,497 | 4,199 | 4,134 | 3,838 | 2,772 | 2,739 | 2,574 | 2,640 | 2,287 |
| Dublin | 22,707 | 25,559 | 29,305 | 34,187 | 39,454 | 45,951 | 52,250 | 49,082 | 47,858 | 46,081 |
| Galway | 4,836 | 5,484 | 6,140 | 7,266 | 7,798 | 7,875 | 9,256 | 9,114 | 8,296 | 8,406 |
| Kerry North | 1,131 | 1,064 | 971 | 736 | 683 | 840 | 1,027 | 1,190 | 1,083 | 1,004 |
| Kerry South | 1,114 | 979 | 1,029 | 1,123 | 1,253 | 1,356 | 1,619 | 1,771 | 1,361 | 1,201 |
| Kildare | 3,901 | 5,199 | 6,793 | 8,766 | 8,785 | 8,871 | 10,670 | 10,100 | 10,214 | 10,222 |
| Kilkenny | 333 | 370 | 326 | 384 | 434 | 392 | 304 | 357 | 429 | 338 |
| Laois | 874 | 862 | 852 | 808 | 707 | 337 | 344 | 298 | 285 | 270 |
| Leitrim | 385 | 370 | 393 | 326 | 259 | 311 | 242 | 576 | 674 | 1,244 |
| Limerick | 6,442 | 6,942 | 7,412 | 7,849 | 8,860 | 9,778 | 10,651 | 10,061 | 8,937 | 8,443 |
| Longford | 815 | 816 | 811 | 699 | 744 | 437 | 369 | 402 | 423 | 559 |
| Louth | 3,564 | 3,713 | 3,200 | 3,409 | 3,476 | 3,518 | 3,771 | 2,621 | 2,524 | 2,339 |
| Mayo | 2,979 | 3,111 | 2,932 | 2,711 | 3,170 | 3,195 | 3,749 | 3,874 | 3,502 | 3,468 |
| Meath | 1,205 | 1,255 | 1,281 | 1,296 | 1,340 | 1,232 | 1,289 | 1,246 | 1,173 | 1,097 |
| Monaghan | 478 | 507 | 498 | 476 | 490 | 457 | 438 | 442 | 469 | 335 |
| Offaly | 1,447 | 1,533 | 1,516 | 1,479 | 1,534 | 1,884 | 1,620 | 1,308 | 1,198 | 1,109 |
| Roscommon | 603 | 653 | 864 | 924 | 970 | 974 | 1,026 | 1,009 | 984 | 1,068 |
| Sligo | 1,943 | 2,069 | 2,183 | 2,295 | 2,461 | 2,508 | 2,551 | 2,419 | 2,502 | 2,397 |
| Tipperary North | 1,193 | 1,255 | 1,349 | 1,383 | 1,330 | 1,355 | 1,486 | 1,413 | 946 | 714 |
| Tipperary South | 1,273 | 1,535 | 2,130 | 1,992 | 1,178 | 1,400 | 1,703 | 2,102 | 2,202 | 2,028 |
| Waterford | 3,757 | 3,765 | 3,873 | 4,345 | 4,971 | 4,912 | 4,697 | 4,943 | 5,294 | 5,669 |
| Westmeath | 2,155 | 1,912 | 2,077 | 2,402 | 2,430 | 2,293 | 2,687 | 2,797 | 2,776 | 2,177 |
| Wexford | 1,572 | 1,742 | 1,924 | 1,989 | 1,972 | 1,997 | 2,016 | 1,822 | 1,897 | 1,851 |
| Wicklow | 1,979 | 2,129 | 2,039 | 2,217 | 2,377 | 2,935 | 3,044 | 2,810 | 2,925 | 3,446 |
| Total | 85,597 | 92,424 | 99,583 | 109,231 | 117,864 | 126,199 | 141,125 | 136,277 | 132,004 | 128,993 |
| Amount of grant aid awarded to IDA supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive. | ||||||||||
| County | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | €000s | |
| Carlow | 7 | 0 | 220 | 103 | 71 | 333 | 238 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan | 660 | 444 | 716 | 769 | 629 | 261 | 0 | 57 | 95 | 80 |
| Clare | 239 | 157 | 390 | 431 | 233 | 244 | 254 | 124 | 279 | 712 |
| Cork | 9,881 | 16,022 | 20,474 | 13,807 | 32,521 | 22,082 | 16,449 | 21,831 | 16,970 | 12,370 |
| Donegal | 5,354 | 109 | 252 | 229 | 148 | 723 | 1,981 | 983 | 4,697 | 203 |
| Dublin | 29,235 | 33,573 | 39,903 | 74,612 | 71,710 | 112,760 | 49,250 | 48,220 | 15,105 | 25,796 |
| Galway | 4,017 | 10,366 | 13,295 | 19,257 | 13,846 | 9,147 | 11,255 | 7,766 | 2,502 | 9,040 |
| Kerry | 1,576 | 1,236 | 2,434 | 804 | 630 | 2,913 | 4,635 | 3,244 | 1,931 | 1,123 |
| Kildare | 16,857 | 22,628 | 44,670 | 44,513 | 16,706 | 6,729 | 6,263 | 7,156 | 61,293 | 23,917 |
| Kilkenny | 273 | 986 | 258 | 477 | 1,111 | 451 | 57 | 111 | 35 | 262 |
| Laois | 45 | 44 | 79 | 367 | 321 | 119 | 336 | 184 | 79 | 149 |
| Leitrim | 116 | 255 | 45 | 228 | 52 | 174 | 25 | 274 | 154 | 1,464 |
| Limerick | 18,537 | 15,388 | 22,337 | 11,073 | 19,268 | 19,844 | 15,531 | 1,141 | 1,923 | 654 |
| Longford | 1,119 | 843 | 208 | 71 | 413 | 539 | 0 | 23 | 1,311 | 490 |
| Louth | 3,232 | 5,550 | 1,642 | 2,079 | 4,053 | 2,387 | 21,880 | 34 | 321 | 41 |
| Mayo | 2,400 | 1,672 | 3,136 | 2,068 | 1,920 | 2,101 | 8,705 | 4,119 | 2,526 | 1,567 |
| Meath | 191 | 2,302 | 726 | 283 | 680 | 374 | 946 | 408 | 586 | 209 |
| Monaghan | 1,039 | 233 | 131 | 68 | 61 | 75 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Offaly | 2,484 | 113 | 1,342 | 108 | 293 | 392 | 885 | 509 | 399 | 592 |
| Roscommon | 584 | 1,326 | 1,541 | 1,479 | 748 | 1,026 | 658 | 537 | 516 | 1,102 |
| Sligo | 1,067 | 2,590 | 1,242 | 289 | 1,542 | 1,519 | 1,149 | 1,558 | 1,335 | 1,801 |
| Tipperary North | 650 | 173 | 254 | 144 | 144 | 23 | 0 | 619 | 0 | 1,579 |
| Tipperary South | 135 | 378 | 14,868 | 7,092 | 1,464 | 6,087 | 4,013 | 4,463 | 2,101 | 1,101 |
| Waterford | 2,306 | 2,446 | 3,819 | 2,752 | 3,194 | 4,479 | 2,988 | 1,481 | 2,747 | 4,795 |
| Westmeath | 1,219 | 141 | 1,495 | 3,959 | 2,536 | 306 | 1,610 | 833 | 2,735 | 1,599 |
| Wexford | 1,851 | 3,076 | 2,175 | 2,952 | 666 | 1,487 | 1,585 | 894 | 128 | 1,000 |
| Wicklow | 2,455 | 4,376 | 1,659 | 1,728 | 1,013 | 3,278 | 2,354 | 1,107 | 875 | 7,231 |
| Total | 107,529 | 126,427 | 179,311 | 191,742 | 175,973 | 199,853 | 153,047 | 107,747 | 120,643 | 98,877 |
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