Written answers

Thursday, 24 November 2016

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Job Initiatives

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the financial reward under the succeed in Ireland programme, delivered by ConnectIreland, is being discontinued; if she will provide the key statistics on the performance of the programme to date including the number of jobs created and total amounts paid out as financial reward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36694/16]

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Succeed-in-Ireland (SII) initiative has been operated by Connect Ireland (CI) on the basis of a contract that was agreed with IDA Ireland on 27 March 2012. This contract was due to expire to 26 March 2016. However, in advance of that date, CI and the IDA agreed to extend the term of the contract for a maximum period of one year.

The purpose of that extension was to facilitate both parties in effecting an orderly wind down of the original agreement, which is now set to conclude on 27 March 2017. In accordance with the terms of the extension, SII connectors who submitted leads before 26 September 2016, that led to a project being approved before the conclusion of the contract, will continue to be rewarded for any jobs that result.

I understand from the IDA that since SII commenced in March 2012, it has delivered 79 approved projects, 68 of which remain active. 2,267 jobs were projected to be created in those approved projects, 486 of which are now actual jobs on the ground. The majority of those jobs that have been created (60%) are situated in Dublin. To date, as I have been informed by IDA Ireland, €1,905,000 has been paid to CI as a financial award in respect of jobs created through SII.

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