Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State assisted jobs created in County Wicklow for the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and the number of jobs lost during the same period. [6508/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Employment data in respect of companies supported by the Enterprise Agencies is collated by Forfás on an annual basis. As the agencies are still in the process of finalising their 2006 data, figures for that year cannot, at this stage, be regarded as definitive.

The following table outlines the full-time jobs created in enterprise agency supported firms (Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland) in County Wicklow in the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive, together with the number of full-time jobs lost in the same period. Full time permanent employment in enterprise agency supported firms in Co. Wicklow stands at 6,997 permanent jobs at end 2006. In addition, during the period from 2002 to 2006, Wicklow County Enterprise Board assisted in the creation of 794 jobs in the region. My Department does not collect or retain information on the number of specific job losses in CEB assisted companies either locally or by region.