Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 292: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an analysis of grants awarded by the Industrial Development Agency split between feasibility grants, employment grants and capital grants for the years 2007 to 2010. [21873/11]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide on a county basis the Industrial Development Agency grants awarded in the years 2007 to 2010 based on the company's location or trading address. [21874/11]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the split of the Industrial Development Agency grant allocation of €85 million for 2011 between feasibility grants and employment grants. [21875/11]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the volume and value of grants which were redeemed and refunded to the Industrial Development Agency in the years 2007 to 2011 as a result of closures, reorganisations, restructuring or failure to comply with the terms of the grants. [21876/11]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 292 to 295, inclusive, together.

The figure mentioned by the deputy of €85 million refers to the Oireachtas allocation to the Agency to enable it to pay grants to companies who have already received approval of their business/investment plan by IDA Ireland. Grants paid for RD&I and Employment grants in 2010 are as follows:

RD&I (including Feasibility and RTI grants) €79,737,895

Employment (including Employment Subsidy grants) €26,303,174

The total amounts of IDA Grants Paid broken down by county are outlined in the tabular statement attached.

The volume and value of grants which were redeemed and refunded to IDA Ireland from 2007 to 2010 inclusive as a result of closures, re-organisations, restructuring or failure to comply with the terms of the grants is set out below:

2007 - 8 refunds totalling €10,693,000

2008 -15 refunds totalling €4,189,000

2009 - 7 refunds totalling €14,734,000

2010 -16 Refunds totalling €12,881,000

The total amounts paid by IDA in respect of Research, Development and Innovation Grants, Employment Grants and Capital Grants between 2007 and 2010 is as follows:

Research, Development and Innovation Grants € 233.16 million

Employment Grants (including Employment Subsidy Grants) € 90.37 million Capital Grants € 25.84 million

Total of Grants Paid € 349.37 million

These amounts are broken down in the following tabular statement. Table of Research and Development, Employment and Capital Grants Paid by IDA Ireland from 2007 to 2010.

Table of IDA Ireland grants paid on a county by county basis from 2006 to 2010