Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants paid to a company (details supplied); when they were paid; if they have been refunded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11979/16]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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In 2010 IDA Ireland approved a training grant for the company in question. Payments subsequently made under this approval totalled €586,873.

Under the terms of the agreement between IDA Ireland and the company, a refund to the State does not now arise. This is standard practice in the case of training grants, which are designed to equip the workforce with skills that are transferable within the relevant industry.