Brendan Kenneally (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants provided to Enterprise Ireland related projects in Waterford per year over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36427/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Enterprise Ireland offers a comprehensive range of services, including both financial and non-financial supports, to companies with a business strategy that encompasses the elements required for business success. Enterprise Ireland provides a wide variety of supports and development programmes to client companies, including the Community Enterprise Centre scheme, Centres of Excellence, the Enterprise Platform Programme, Enterprise START Programme and Innovation Vouchers.

Enterprise Ireland assesses applications for financial assistance according to a number of criteria, including cost benefit modelling, commercial evaluation and technical assessment in order to ensure value for money to the exchequer. Enterprise Ireland has supported a variety of projects in Waterford over the last five years through both direct and indirect grant aid to companies, Community Enterprise Centres and Educational Institutes in Waterford. The value of grant payments to Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Waterford in each year of the 5 year period 2005-2009 are shown on the attached tabular statement.

Table showing the value of grant payments to companies in County Waterford over the 5 year period 2005–2009.

Brendan Kenneally (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants provided to Industrial Development Authority related projects in Waterford per year over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36428/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Over the five-year period, 2004 to 2008, IDA Ireland paid out a total of €21.5m in grants to its client companies in Co. Waterford. Details of these payments, on a year-by-year basis, are set out in the attached tabular statement.

Table Showing IDA Grant Payments to client companies in Waterford in each of the years 2004 – 2008