Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State-aided jobs created in a county (details supplied) since 1998 to date in 2009; the per annum breakdown by job description and location; the moneys invested in these developments; the detail of any of these State-aided jobs which have been lost since 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4719/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Between 1998 and 2008, a total of 6,317 jobs were created by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland assisted companies in County Meath. There were 5,225 manufacturing jobs. International Services and Financial Services accounted for 847 and the remaining 245 were in various other areas. In the same period, a total of 6,468 were lost. Employment data in respect of companies supported by these agencies is collated by Forfás on a County by County basis. A year by year breakdown between Manufacturing, International Services, Financial Services and other is set out in the attached tabular statement.

Grant payments are a day to day operational matter for the Industrial Development agencies. I do not have any role in the day to day operational matters of the agencies.

In relation to County Enterprise Boards, statistical information on job creation by CEBs is held by my Department on an individual Board basis rather than by job description or specific locations within the Board's locality. My Department does not collect information on the number of job losses in CEB assisted companies at County level. For the period 1998 to 2008, 830 net jobs were created in Meath CEB-assisted companies.

I am confident that the efforts of the two agencies and the CEB will continue to attract industrial development and jobs to the County.