Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Grant-Aided Industrial Firms.
- Grant-aided firms and job targets in Roscommon 6 speeches
The Minister referred the Deputy to IDA annual reports for grant figures and said 1986 data was unavailable, with project job numbers to be circulated. He said job projections cover two years, the IDA monitors job creation, and grants may be recovered if targets are missed.
Liam Naughten, Michael Noonan
- Job losses in County Roscommon 4 speeches
Mr. Leyden asked about job losses since 1982 and claimed more than 600 jobs had been lost, later arguing that no jobs had been created in four years. The Minister invited him to submit a separate question, and the Ceann Comhairle ruled the matter separate.
Terry Leyden, Michael Noonan, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the number of industrial firms grant-aided and the amount of grant paid in County Roscommon each year for the last five years; and the number of jobs approved for each project.
Comment on this
(Limerick East): The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number of industrial firms grant-aided and the amount of grant paid in County Roscommon is contained in the annual reports of the IDA which are available in the Dáil Library. The latest such report relates to the year 1985. Information in respect of 1986 is not yet available. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to job numbers is in the form of a list which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
Project Approvals in County Roscommon 1981
Project Approvals in County Roscommon 1982
Project Approvals in County Roscommon 1983
Project Approvals in County Roscommon 1984
Project Approvals in County Roscommon 1985
Comment on this
With regard to announcements made by the Minister during 1986 regarding industrial projects, namely, Manton and Company and a number of other projects announced by the Minister recently, will he inform the House as to the time scale for providing those jobs?
Comment on this
(Limerick East): It is a policy that any announcement about job projections is confined to two years ahead. We no longer make projections for four or five years ahead as was the practice heretofore.
Comment on this
Is there any follow-up by the IDA to establish if the number of jobs which are grant-aided and announced when a project gets approval are provided? If not, what steps, if any, are taken by the IDA to recover grants paid for jobs which have not been filled?
Comment on this
(Limerick East): The IDA monitor the progress of companies on an ongoing basis. Grants are not paid at the start of a project; they are paid as the jobs are created over a period of time. It is also Government policy now that contracts between participating companies and the IDA would have a clause inserted that if the job targets are not achieved grants will be repaid to the IDA.
Comment on this
Has the Minister any indication of the number of job losses in County Roscommon since 1982? Will he confirm that over 600 jobs have been lost from 1982 to date?
Comment on this
(Limerick East): That is an entirely different question. If the Deputy puts down the question I will be happy to answer it.
Comment on this
Does the Minister not think it is relevant to the question in relation to the jobs which are allegedly created? As far as I am aware, not one job has been created in County Roscommon in the past four years.
