Written answers

Wednesday, 17 May 2006

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Job Losses

9:00 pm

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the IDA supported companies at which redundancies or lay-offs have occurred; the number of redundancies or lay offs in each case in respect of each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18702/06]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. Aggregated data is published annually on a county-by-county basis. Individual company data is complied on a confidential basis in this survey and thus details in respect of company job losses and gains cannot be released.

The following table provides details of the number of job gains and losses in IDA supported companies since 1999 together with the total number of client companies.

Job creation and job losses are a feature of economic development in all countries as various sectors expand and contract in response to market demand for goods and services, competitive forces, restructuring and technological change.

I am confident that the strategies and policies being pursued by IDA Ireland, together with the ongoing commitment of Government to regional development, will continue to bear fruit in terms of maximising sustainable investment and jobs.

Job Gains and Losses in IDA Support Companies
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Job Gains (New Jobs) 17,643 23,071 12,789 10,926 9,336 11,740 12,623
Job Losses -9,102 -8,024 -17,801 -15,073 -12,980 -10,988 -9,211
No. of Companies 1,259 1,247 1,143 1,103 1,066 1,027 1,010

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