Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Job Creation

9:00 pm

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State aided jobs which have been created in County Meath since 1998; the breakdown of same by job description and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48350/09]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary 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. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes only, information on individual companies is not disclosed for reasons of client confidentiality. Details of the number of IDA supported jobs created in County Meath, for the period in question is set out in the following tabular statement.

Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, conducted in conjunction with Forfás. The results of this survey are released each January. In 2009 total employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Meath was 3,787. Enterprise Ireland does not collect statistics on employment by job description, and employment numbers are collected on a county basis only. Gross employment gains by Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Meath, for the period in question, are illustrated in the following tabular statement.

Statistical information on job creation in companies supported by the County Enterprise Boards is held by the Department on an individual board basis rather than by specific locations within the Board's locality. Figures in respect of 2009 will not be available until early February 2010. Statistical information in relation to jobs created in companies supported by Meath County Enterprise Board, for the period in question is presented in the following tabular statement.

Jobs created in IDA supported companies in County Meath1998 - 2009
199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
11411614573623565149551118324
Jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Meath1998 - 2009
199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
363313722483260507405597973396282291
Net number of jobs created in CEB supported companies in County Meath1998 - 2009
19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Total 1998 - 2008
243139259-15148-128469284.52-39830.5

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State aided jobs which have been created in County Louth since 1998; the breakdown of same by job description and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48351/09]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary 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. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes only, information on individual companies is not disclosed for reasons of client confidentiality. Details of the number of IDA supported jobs created in County Louth, for the period in question is set out in the following tabular statement.

Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, conducted in conjunction with Forfás. The results of this survey are released each January. In 2009 total employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Louth was 4,541. Enterprise Ireland does not collect statistics on employment by job description, and employment numbers are collected on a county basis only. Gross employment gains by Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Louth, for the period in question, are illustrated in the following tabular statement.

Statistical information on job creation in companies supported by the County Enterprise Boards is held by the Department on an individual board basis rather than by specific locations within the Board's locality. Figures in respect of 2009 will not be available until early February 2010. Statistical information in relation to jobs created in companies supported by Louth County Enterprise Board, for the period in question is presented in the following tabular statement.

Jobs created in IDA supported companies in County Louth1998 - 2009
199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
16235110121551793910115028919812134
Jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Louth1998 - 2009
199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
579319268537269214508469427661447318
Net number of jobs created in CEB supported companies in County Louth1998 - 2009
19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Total 1998-2008
179182258-11189457822054-9514.51,112.5

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