Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that were created in the Waterford constituency in 2002 to 2005, inclusive, with assistance of and by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. [8145/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The issue of job creation is a matter for the development agencies in question. I have been informed that data on job creation are compiled from the annual employment survey that is carried out by Forfás. I will give figures which indicate the number of jobs created by the client companies of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland between 2002 and 2005. It should be noted that as the Forfás 2005 employment survey is being completed and is in the process of being analysed, the figures are provisional and could be subject to change. The number of jobs created in Waterford by Enterprise Ireland client companies was 427 in 2002, 423 in 2003, 346 in 2004 and 150 in 2005. The number of jobs created in Waterford by IDA Ireland client companies was 575 in 2002, 554 in 2003, 248 in 2004 and 309 in 2005.