Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA assisted jobs that have been lost in County Donegal each year since 2000; and ifhe will make a statement on the matter. [3442/06]

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in Donegal by the IDA each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3443/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together.

IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The Forfás annual employment survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. Data are compiled on an annualised basis but data on a county basis for 2005 in respect of IDA client companies are not yet available from the agency. However, at the end of 2004 there were 13 IDA supported companies operating in County Donegal employing 2,206 people. The number of jobs lost and gained in County Donegal in each of the years from 2000 to 2004 is set out in the following table showing the number of jobs lost and created in IDA supported companies in Donegal in each of the years from 2000 to 2004.