Written answers

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Industrial Development

8:00 pm

Photo of Seán ConnickSeán Connick (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 685: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of new IDA supported jobs created in each county in 2007; and the number of jobs per 10,000 of population this equates to for each county. [2453/08]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is aggregated at county level.

The number of new jobs created in IDA supported companies in each county during 2007 is set out in the following tabular statement. Also included in the table are the population figures for each county sourced from the CSO Census of Population 2006.

Table showing the number of new jobs created in IDA supported companies in each county during 2007
CountyNew JobsPopulation in 2006 per CSO Census
Carlow550,349
Cavan5964,003
Clare22110,950
Cork1,522481,295
Donegal176147,264
Dublin4,2981,187,176
Galway383231,670
Kerry120139,835
Kildare68186,335
Kilkenny9387,558
Laois967,059
Leitrim1328,950
Limerick264184,055
Longford1934,391
Louth190111,267
Mayo114123,839
Meath136162,831
Monaghan2055,997
Offaly4770,868
Roscommon1758,768
Sligo3660,894
Tipperary North966,023
Tipperary South60483,221
Waterford370107,961
Westmeath36379,346
Wexford67131,749
Wicklow192126,194
Total9,2164,239,848

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