Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 277: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investment by the Industrial Development Authority in County Wicklow and County Carlow by location by year since 2000 to date in 2008; the number employed in each investment by location by year since 2000 to date in 2008; the further investment made in each location, by year since 2000 to date in 2008; and the closures of these investments by location by year since 2000 to date in 2008. [16455/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In the period 2000 to 2006 Total Capital (Fixed Asset) Investment in job creation projects supported by IDA Ireland in Counties Wicklow and Carlow amounted €15,725,000. Details of these payments in respect of each county in respect of each of those years is set out in the following Tabular Statement 1. Figures for 2007 will not be available until publication of the Agency's 2007 Annual Report in mid 2008, while figures for 2008 will not be available until 2009.

The total numbers in permanent employment in IDA supported companies in Counties Carlow and Wicklow in each year 2000 to 2007 are laid out in the following Tabular Statement 2.

Between 2000 to 2008, seven new investment projects and one expansion project, with a potential to create up to almost 1,900 jobs over a period of three to five years were announced by IDA Ireland for Counties Wicklow and Carlow. The names of the companies are set out in the following Tabular Statement 3.

During the same period, there was one closure, namely Nabi Pharmaceuticals in Bray.