364 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the funding available to the employment subsidy scheme in 2010; the amount drawn down to date in 2010; the total number of jobs and employers who received a subsidy in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47957/10]

The total funding allocated to the Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) in 2010 was €114.5 million and to date in 2010, €93.959 million has been drawn down.

The Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) was launched in August 2009. Companies who applied under the first call of the Scheme (ESS1) were approved in 2009 and companies who applied under the second call of the Scheme (ESS2) were approved in 2010.

Payments under both calls have been made in 2010 and almost 1,700 companies have received subsidies. These companies committed to maintaining over 100,000 jobs under the conditions of the scheme. As processing of claims for the final payments for both calls is still ongoing, it is not yet possible to give definitive figures on the actual numbers of jobs maintained.