Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that were received from County Donegal for support under the employment subsidy scheme in 2009; the location of these companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4087/10]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that were received for support under the employment subsidy scheme on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4089/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 199 together.

The objective of the Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) is to provide an employment subsidy to vulnerable but viable enterprises in order to maintain as many jobs as possible within these enterprises. I launched the first call of the Scheme on the 6th August 2009.

Eligible enterprises had to submit an application by the 4th September 2009 to Enterprise Ireland who is administering the Scheme. 620 companies applied for the first call of the Scheme. The breakdown of these applicants by county is given in the following table. As can be seen from this table 35 applications were received from enterprises in County Donegal.

Last month, I launched a second call under the Scheme, with a closing date of 23rd December 2009. Enterprise Ireland are currently assessing the applications they received under this call and detailed information on these applications is currently unavailable.

Applicants for Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) - First Call.