Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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In the past two years there have been a total of 13,784 jobs created in IDA supported companies. The number of jobs created in each of those years on a county-by-county basis is set out on the following tabular statement. While FÁS operates training and employment programmes, provides a recruitment service to jobseekers and employers, and supports community-based enterprises, it is not a job creation agency under the Industrial Development Acts.

Table showing the number of IDA supported jobs created in IDA supported companies, on a county-by-county basis in 2008 and 2009

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by her Department or the IDA Ireland in securing new investment for the IDA technology park, Fermoy, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9108/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion foreign direct investment (FDI) and jobs is a day to day operational matter for the IDA Ireland as part of their statutory responsibilities assigned to it by the Oireachtas and not one in which I have a function.

However, I have been informed by IDA Ireland that the Agency hosted a site visit to both the Fermoy Business & Technology Park and the former FCI building (on the Cork road) by an overseas Life Sciences company in November last. I understand that this company also visited a number of other locations and no final decision has yet been made by the company. However, the ultimate decision on where operations are established lies with the client, whose primary objective will be to establish in the location most aligned with the business needs of their company.

IDA also provides property solutions to Enterprise Ireland Client companies and in this connection the Agency had facilitated a land sale on the Park to one such company, but that company decided not to proceed with their plans to build on the Park. During 2009 IDA was also in discussion with another indigenous company, who were seeking a site on the Park and while this was progressed, the company decided that they would postpone a decision to locate on the park for a 12-month period.

Meanwhile, through its network of overseas offices, IDA continues to market the Park.