Jobs Data

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Questions (306)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

306. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs created and lost in County Kerry in each of the past 10 years; the position that County Kerry ranks in order of counties for new jobs; if he finds these statistics satisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43002/12]

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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

The Forfás Annual Employment survey reports on jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of the number of jobs gained and lost in IDA client companies in the 10 year period 2002 to 2011 are shown in the attached tabular statement. Figures for 2012 will not be available until year end.

At the end of 2011 there were 12 IDA Ireland supported companies in Kerry employing 1,294 permanent staff. IDA Ireland’s Strategy for County Kerry is:

- To work with Local Authorities and relevant infrastructure and service providers to influence the delivery of appropriate infrastructure to the region;

- To attract new Investment;

- To progress the development of a knowledge economy so that the region can compete both nationally and internationally for foreign direct investment;

- To work with the existing IDA client base and to help them to further develop their presence; and

- To provide modern property solutions with supporting infrastructure.

Through its network of overseas offices, IDA Ireland markets the linked hub locations of Killarney in South Kerry and Tralee in North Kerry for new foreign direct investment (FDI). IDA is particularly targeting the ICT, International Financial Services and Globally Traded Business sectors. In addition to attracting new foreign direct investment, IDA continues to work closely with its existing clients in Kerry to encourage them to expand their operations in the County. IDA Ireland also works closely with educational institutions and FÁS to develop the skill sets necessary to attract high value added employment to the county.

IDA continues to market all available land and buildings in the County including its 12 acre Business & Technology Park at Tiernaboul, Killarney, Co. Kerry. In Tralee, IDA is also marketing the Kerry Technology Park which is owned and managed by Shannon Development in partnership with the Institute of Technology Tralee. While IDA seeks to influence the location it must be remembered that in all cases it is the investor who decides where to locate.

Table showing

Jobs Created and Lost in IDA Ireland client companies by County from 2002 to 2011

County	Employment Data	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Carlow	New Jobs	6	8	19	44	20	3	74	49	87	75
Carlow	Job Losses	49	49	277	33	110	262	28	75	202	0
Cavan	New Jobs	52	12	31	0	2	59	32	18	52	3
Cavan	Job Losses	42	76	64	127	63	2	26	56	50	22
Clare	New Jobs	19	15	50	134	42	22	139	122	30	16
Clare	Job Losses	203	43	22	34	52	35	16	93	21	40
Cork	New Jobs	1,696	1,239	1,365	1,286	2,061	1,756	2,116	1,108	1,385	1,957
Cork	Job Losses	2,057	1,318	785	796	1,161	1,695	1,488	2,364	967	870
Donegal	New Jobs	179	141	136	252	106	176	67	63	152	271
Donegal	Job Losses	123	496	217	357	644	116	48	28	216	22
Dublin	New Jobs	5,313	3,304	5,249	5,787	6,031	5,266	4,353	2,276	4,228	6,540
Dublin	Job Losses	5,759	5,291	4,977	4,088	2,332	4,076	4,248	6,920	4,428	3,066
Galway	New Jobs	519	856	711	1,353	416	433	611	442	768	980
Galway	Job Losses	1,294	660	482	193	563	619	764	1,047	510	169
Kerry	New Jobs	151	81	94	104	73	116	86	25	50	163
Kerry	Job Losses	651	321	284	232	161	47	108	416	144	182
Kildare	New Jobs	568	563	566	710	495	69	113	30	1,228	398
Kildare	Job Losses	543	471	404	186	474	723	626	1,513	418	377
Kilkenny	New Jobs	105	2	66	95	15	93	1	0	17	33
Kilkenny	Job Losses	15	98	4	9	20	53	9	112	2	5
Laois	New Jobs	29	0	15	10	18	3	0	17	10	3
Laois	Job Losses	43	17	85	2	46	43	20	11	1	27
Leitrim	New Jobs	117	569	155	2	4	4	35	5	65	7
Leitrim	Job Losses	19	5	28	187	117	50	43	30	81	199
Limerick	New Jobs	439	140	491	376	793	298	288	172	163	242
Limerick	Job Losses	1,583	633	605	135	256	452	694	2,519	428	133
Longford	New Jobs	70	141	99	213	180	19	30	8	4	0
Longford	Job Losses	49	5	36	30	20	79	88	74	127	50
Louth	New Jobs	179	39	83	110	213	140	75	34	43	110
Louth	Job Losses	296	526	117	167	287	172	212	245	337	58
Mayo	New Jobs	97	109	143	86	37	114	132	97	183	85
Mayo	Job Losses	469	137	400	243	102	83	126	159	19	87
Meath	New Jobs	65	35	84	189	131	148	134	30	38	53
Meath	Job Losses	141	115	29	38	399	43	307	188	83	28
Monaghan	New Jobs	57	10	1	4	33	21	15	19	28	0
Monaghan	Job Losses	31	146	40	11	3	16	14	17	14	82
Offaly	New Jobs	124	19	79	56	81	53	29	22	22	31
Offaly	Job Losses	230	112	46	26	76	91	48	127	284	78
Roscommon	New Jobs	114	56	38	31	10	9	41	0	12	45
Roscommon	Job Losses	142	141	36	21	14	30	0	91	63	12
Sligo	New Jobs	172	103	213	109	193	36	103	54	53	93
Sligo	Job Losses	80	265	181	117	149	255	64	137	244	51
Waterford	New Jobs	575	561	253	351	851	376	176	112	146	72
Waterford	Job Losses	300	224	423	579	350	183	483	569	439	764
Westmeath	New Jobs	66	130	145	335	169	317	134	231	128	194
Westmeath	Job Losses	178	719	254	28	278	245	222	480	40	56
Wexford	New Jobs	164	134	333	71	98	67	91	14	100	51
Wexford	Job Losses	98	180	151	38	50	59	73	89	67	47
Wicklow	New Jobs	357	889	246	374	221	190	53	39	13	66
Wicklow	Job Losses	290	56	558	1,197	293	87	327	270	174	243
Total IDA	New Jobs	11233	9156	10665	12082	12293	9788	8928	4987	9005	11488
Total IDA	Job Losses	14685	12104	10505	8874	8020	9516	10082	17630	9359	6668