Written answers
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Job Creation
8:00 am
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money expended on job creation initiatives by Údarás na Gaeltachta over the period 1997 to 2009, in tabular form; the number of Údarás assisted jobs created each year during that period; the number of Gaeltacht job losses for each year; the number of jobs created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25495/10]
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:
| Year | Capital Grants paid€000 | No. of jobscreated | No. of job losses | Cost per job created€ |
| 1997 | 19,430 | 1,073 | 658 | 11,607 |
| 1998 | 15,603 | 1,296 | 976 | 7,140 |
| 1999 | 19,877 | 1,042 | 1,033 | 12,193 |
| 2000 | 20,826 | 1,000 | 932 | 14,113 |
| 2001 | 18,891 | 1,123 | 1,281 | 12,308 |
| 2002 | 17,841 | 910 | 1,432 | 11,859 |
| 2003 | 17,808 | 1,052 | 1,277 | 10,794 |
| 2004 | 18,916 | 1,071 | 910 | 12,543 |
| 2005 | 18,691 | 993 | 842 | 12,984 |
| 2006 | 19,774 | 1,186 | 891 | 9,926 |
| 2007 | 18,454 | 1,038 | 965 | 10,883 |
| 2008 | 17,850 | 1,269 | 1,102 | 7,830 |
| 2009 | 19,512* | 710 | 1,431 | 16,717 |
*as per draft Annual Accounts
Further information regarding the operations of Údarás na Gaeltachta may be obtained in the Annual Report and Accounts of the organisation, which are laid before each House of the Oireachtas annually and published on An tÚdarás' website www.udaras.ie
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