Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 330: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed jobs created in each of the designated hub towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31885/07]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed jobs created in the designated gateway towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31886/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the Industrial Development Agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level only. Data in relation to 2007 will not be available until mid 2008. The number of jobs created in IDA supported companies in each county in each of the years 2003to 2006 is set out in the following tabular statement.

Total Capital (Fixed Asset) Investment in job creation projects supported by IDA Ireland in the period 2003 to 2006 is €6.5 billion. A breakdown of this figure on an annual basis is set out in the following tabular statement. I have asked the Secretary of IDA to examine your request for this information on a county basis and to revert to you on the matter in due course.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland backed jobs created in the designated gateway towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31887/07]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland backed jobs created in the designated hub towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31888/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 333 together.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the Industrial Development Agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level only. Data in relation to 2007 will not be available until mid 2008. The number of jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in counties with Hub and Gateway towns was 15,281 and 30,319 respectively for the years 2003 to 2006. A breakdown of these figures is set out in the following tabular statement.

The number of jobs created in Shannon Development supported companies in counties with Hub and Gateway towns for the years 2003 to 2006 are set out in the following tabular statement.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of county enterprise board backed jobs created in the designated gateway towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31889/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The establishment of the thirty-five County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) pre-dated the development of the National Spatial Strategy. The CEBs were set up in 1993 to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at locallevel.

As the geographical structure of the CEBs is not in accordance with the geographical structure of the National Spatial Strategy, and as the CEBs do not have a defined role in the roll-out of the Strategy, the manner in which the CEBs present statistical data in respect of their geographical area of responsibility does not automatically correspond to the regions designated as Gateways under the National Spatial Strategy. However given their inherent regional structure and their remit of stimulating local economic development any success by the CEBs in fulfilling this remit has a positive impact on overall balanced regional development which is a key aim of the National Spatial Strategy.

The statistical information set out below is based on activity by individual CEBs in their geographical areas of responsibility within which there are areas designated as Gateways under the National Spatial Strategy. In the case of Dublin, Cork, Limerick/Shannon, Galway and Waterford all CEB activities are shown. In the other cases only CEB activities in these particular towns are shown. Figures for 2007 to date are provisional at present.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 335: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of county enterprise board backed jobs created in the designated hub towns of the National Spatial Strategy since 2003 and the level of investment involved broken down by town. [31890/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The establishment of the thirty-five County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) pre-dated the development of the National Spatial Strategy. The CEBs were set up in 1993 to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level.

As the geographical structure of the CEBs is not in accordance with the geographical structure of the National Spatial Strategy, and as the CEBs do not have a defined role in the roll-out of the Strategy, the manner in which the CEBs present statistical data in respect of their geographical area of responsibility does not automatically correspond to the regions designated as Hubs under the National Spatial Strategy. However given their inherent regional structure and their remit of stimulating local economic development any achievements by the CEBs have a positive impact on overall balanced regional development which is a key aim of the National Spatial Strategy.

The statistical information as follows shows CEB activity in areas designated as Hubs under the National Spatial Strategy. These figures are a subset of the County-wide activities of the CEBs in question. Figures for 2007 to date are provisional at present.