Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs created by the assistance of the Industrial Development Authority in County Mayo on a year by year basis for the past five years in tabular form; the breakdown of the jobs that were lost in County Mayo for the same period; the companies that lost or increased jobs for the past five years; and the number of people currently employed in IDA supported factories in County Mayo in tabular form. [25530/10]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of occasions that an agency (details supplied) has brought industrialists to visit locations in County Mayo in the past five years in tabular format. [25531/10]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of occasions that representatives from an agency (details supplied) has visited County Mayo in the past five years in tabular format. [25537/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, together.

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. Details of the number of new jobs created and jobs lost, as well as the number of people employed in IDA supported companies in Mayo, in each of the years from 2005 to 2009, is set out in the attached tabular statement.

Data is given in confidence for statistical purposes only and it is not possible to give details of the number of jobs lost in individual companies.

In the same five year period, there were a total of 13 site visits by potential investors to County Mayo. Details of the number of visits in each of those years is set out in the following tabular statement.

As regards the number of visits by IDA personnel to County Mayo in the period it is not possible to furnish such a figure. The Mayo region is looked after by IDA's Western Regional office. The Regional Manager and Regional Executive in Galway attend numerous meetings in Mayo in any given year, meeting such bodies as Mayo County Council, Mayo County Enterprise Board and various regional Chambers of Commerce. The officials also accompany potential investors on itineraries to the County. In addition, a number of IDA Project Executives, who are not based in Galway, regularly visit the various IDA supported companies based in Mayo. The region is also visited by personnel from IDA's Property Division, who have responsibility for the upkeep of the parks in the Mayo region and are also responsible for any new site development work happening in the area.