Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created or lost in major industries or small and medium enterprises in County Kildare in each of the past five years to date; the extent of the investment under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23977/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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As regards jobs created and lost, the only figures available to my Department are those in respect of jobs created and lost, on a county basis, in client companies of the Enterprise Development Agencies under the aegis of my Department. Tables 1 and 2 below provide details of jobs created and lost, since 2008 in companies in Co. Kildare that were supported by Enterprise Ireland (EI) and IDA Ireland and, from 2010 to 2013, in the case of companies supported by Kildare County Enterprise Board.

Details of investment in companies supported by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Kildare CEB/LEO Kildare for the years 2008 to 2012 inclusive are set out in Table 3. Figures for 2013 will be available in the relevant Annual Reports and Accounts to be published later this year.

With effect from 15 April 2014, supports for job creation and retention for the micro-enterprise sector are being provided by Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), which replaced the City and County Enterprise Boards (CEBs). As the Deputy will be aware, the CEBs had supported the indigenous micro-enterprise sector in the start-up and expansion phases and stimulated enterprise potential at local level and the LEOs will continue and, indeed, enhance these services.

*Table 1: Details of Jobs Created in companies Supported by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and LEO Kildare

*Table 2: Details of Jobs Lost in companies Supported by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and LEO Kildare

*Figures in relation to jobs in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland client companies are sourced from the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, which is an active time series and the source for the data relating to EI and IDA-supported companies, can change year-on-year. For example, companies that enter the population or have transferred agency, have the opportunity to revisit numbers for the previous year when they are completing the Survey.

Table 3: Details of Investment in companies Supported by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and LEO Kildare