Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created each year for the past five years in respect of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Data on job creation are compiled from an annual employment survey carried out by Forfás. The table below indicates the number of jobs created by the client companies of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in the period 2000-03. Definitive results for 2004 will not be available until mid-2005. Preliminary figures for 2004 indicate that client companies of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland created 11,898 and 10,825 jobs respectively. The following tables provide background information on job creation in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland client companies over the period 2000-04.