Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 496: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and lost by the Industrial Development Agency in 2007 and to date in 2008 on a county basis in tabular readable form. [27477/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009.

The survey shows that in 2007 the total number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland supported companies was 9,216 while the number of jobs lost in the same period was 9,363.

The breakdown of these figures on a county by county basis is shown in the following tabular statement.