Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Questions Nos. 665 and 666 of 28 September 2005, the GDP [i]per capita[/i] for the south-east region expressed as a percentage of the EU 15 average according to the most recent data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The collation and provision of statistical information of the nature referred to is an operational matter for the Central Statistics Office, which comes within the remit of my colleague, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Kitt.

In answering a question from the Deputy relating to economic performance, I mentioned that gross domestic product per capita in the south-east region, according to 2002 data, was 114% of the EU 25 average. This was based on a calculation provided by IDA Ireland. According to calculations provided by the Central Statistics Office, based on published EUROSTAT figures, the equivalent figure for the south-east, NUTS III, region for the EU 15 for 2002 was 104.5%.