Job Creation.

Tuesday, 15 February 2005

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Phil Hogan

Question:

298 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created each year for the past five years in respect of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/05]

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Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Mr. Martin)

Data on job creation are compiled from an annual employment survey carried out by Forfás. The table below indicates the number of jobs created by the client companies of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in the period 2000-03. Definitive results for 2004 will not be available until mid-2005. Preliminary figures for 2004 indicate that client companies of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland created 11,898 and 10,825 jobs respectively. The following tables provide background information on job creation in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland client companies over the period 2000-04.

Table of jobs created in Enterprise Ireland client companies.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003
Gains	18,897	14,670	14,020	12,300

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2004.

Table of jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003
Number of New Jobs Created	22,994	12,802	11,059	9,182

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2004