Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013

Written Answers Nos. 101-104

Job Initiatives

Questions (101)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of fees paid under the diaspora, job finders, fee scheme as part of succeed in Ireland; and the number of applications made and the total number of new jobs now in place as a result of this scheme. [7744/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Under the Succeed in Ireland initiative, IDA Ireland will pay a finder’s fee of up to a maximum of €4,000 excluding VAT on the creation of a sustainable job i.e. a job that has been in place for two years. As the initiative has been in existence for only 11 months, no such fees have yet been paid.

IDA Ireland has informed me that since the launch of the Succeed in Ireland initiative on 8 March 2012, two projects, with the potential to create 40 jobs, have been approved. There have been 54 referrals, with potential to receive a reward, registered. The potential number of jobs which may be delivered from these referrals is in the region of 1,500.

An evaluation of the costs, benefits and impacts of the initiative will be undertaken by IDA Ireland later this year in consultation with my Department so that an informed decision can be taken on the merits of broadening out the initiative from a pilot one.

Job Creation Data

Questions (102)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland under the high potential start-ups for each year since its establishment; and the total value of supports offered per year issued to high potential start-ups. [7745/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Over the period 2008-2012, Enterprise Ireland has supported a total of 413 High Potential Start Up companies.

Enterprise Ireland expenditure on HPSUs in 2012 is set out in the table.

However, in the time available, it is not possible to provide exact figures for job creation over this period, as it will require disaggregation of data across a number of different sources, for example:

- Number of jobs existing in each HPSU, prior to provision of EI support;

- Support to HPSUs does not include funds invested in the Irish VC industry which were subsequently invested in Irish companies including start-ups;

- Due to the nature of HPSUs, the returns in terms of jobs and exports, from the HPSUs supported will substantially occur in future years.

The information the Deputy requested in currently being compiled and a follow up response will issue shortly.

Inputs  HPSU	Total Spend	Equity	Grants
Total  HPSU Approvals	€35,885,836	€27,464,744	€8,421,092

Job Creation Data

Questions (103)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

103. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and jobs created by Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland on a county by county basis for the last year. [7746/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Details of the number of full time jobs created and lost in IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies is set out in the attached tabular statement, which is drawn from the Forfás Annual Employment Survey

I am delighted to say that 2012 was a particularly good year for job creation in Agency supported companies, with IDA client companies creating a total of 12,722 gross new full time jobs and Enterprise Ireland client companies creating a total of 12,861 gross new full time jobs.

Table showing the number of full time jobs gained and lost in IDA Ireland and EI supported companies per county, in 2012

-	IDA	EI
Data	2012	2012
Carlow Full Time Jobs Created	116	152
Carlow Full Time Jobs Lost	1	121
Cavan Full Time Jobs Created	43	374
Cavan Full Time Jobs Lost	39	244
Clare Full Time Jobs Created	37	133
Clare Full Time Jobs Lost	28	105
Cork Full Time Jobs Created	1,979	1,663
Cork Full Time Jobs Lost	991	818
Donegal Full Time Jobs Created	186	180
Donegal Full Time Jobs Lost	18	309
Dublin Full Time Jobs Created	6,389	4,097
Dublin Full Time Jobs Lost	3,059	3,415
Galway Full Time Jobs Created	859	572
Galway Full Time Jobs Lost	297	410
Kerry Full Time Jobs Created	74	194
Kerry Full Time Jobs Lost	8	106
Kildare Full Time Jobs Created	176	534
Kildare Full Time Jobs Lost	489	244
Kilkenny Full Time Jobs Created	180	320
Kilkenny Full Time Jobs Lost	0	100
Laois Full Time Jobs Created	2	76
Laois Full Time Jobs Lost	23	138
Leitrim Full Time Jobs Created	1	54
Leitrim Full Time Jobs Lost	152	16
Limerick Full Time Jobs Created	400	684
Limerick Full Time Jobs Lost	99	453
Longford Full Time Jobs Created	24	116
Longford Full Time Jobs Lost	0	88
Louth Full Time Jobs Created	386	299
Louth Full Time Jobs Lost	45	196
Mayo Full Time Jobs Created	126	197
Mayo Full Time Jobs Lost	58	270
Meath Full Time Jobs Created	68	615
Meath Full Time Jobs Lost	103	294
Monaghan Full Time Jobs Created	3	294
Monaghan Full Time Jobs Lost	10	142
Offaly Full Time Jobs Created	31	139
Offaly Full Time Jobs Lost	1	171

Roscommon Full Time Jobs Created	53	29
Roscommon Full Time Jobs Lost	0	75
Sligo Full Time Jobs Created	149	247
Sligo Full Time Jobs Lost	138	71
Tipp North Full Time Jobs Created	0	49
Tipp North Full Time Jobs Lost	6	180
Tipp South Full Time Jobs Created	10	81
Tipp South Full Time Jobs Lost	155	117
Waterford Full Time Jobs Created	75	692
Waterford Full Time Jobs Lost	186	846
Westmeath Full Time Jobs Created	252	275
Westmeath Full Time Jobs Lost	30	104
Wexford Full Time Jobs Created	111	385
Wexford Full Time Jobs Lost	106	297
Wicklow Full Time Jobs Created	60	410
Wicklow Full Time Jobs Lost	110	193

Foreign Direct Investment

Questions (104)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the percentage of FDI investments in the Dublin and Cork and other regions. [7747/13]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

I have been informed by IDA Ireland that 25% of all investments approved by the Agency in 2012 were in locations outside of Dublin and Cork, while 35% of all investments announced in 2012 were in locations outside of Dublin and Cork. However, some of the investments announced would have been approved in previous years. Details of IDA Ireland announcements for 2012 are set out in the tabular statement.

IDA Ireland - Announcement List of Investments in 2012 January-December 2012

NO.	DATE	COMPANY	LOCATION	ORIGIN	INVEST	JOBS	PROJECT ACTIVITY	CONTACT
1	05/01/12	Workday	Dublin	US	N/A	100	Expansion of EMEA offices	For more information: Workday Christine Cefalo, Workday Corporate Communications, [phone], [e-mail]
2	05/01/12	Cook Ireland	Limerick	US	€16m	12	RD&I project	For more information: Cook Medical Linda Murphy, EU PR Coordinator Cook Medical, O’Halloran Road, National Technology Park, Limerick.Office: [phone], Mobile: [e-mail]
3	05/01/12	Cetra	Limerick	US	N/A	20	European Service Centre for translation services	For more information: CETRA Angela Wende|Director of Marketing and Sales+1-215-635-7090+1 [e-mail]
4	09/01/12	Allergan	Mayo	US	N/A	200	200 jobs 250 construction	For more information: IDA Communications office: +353 1 [e-mail]
5	31/01/12	BSkyB	Dublin	UK	N/A	800	800 jobs for customer service centre	For more information: www.skycustomercentres.com
6	30/01/12	IERC	Cork	N/A	€1m	N/A	Research centre – signing of contracts with higher level institutions	For more information: IDA Communications office: +353 1 [e-mail]
7	08/02/12	Webroot	Dublin	US	N/A	N/A	Opening of new office	For more information: Webroot MacLean Guthrie, PR Director [phone] [e-mail]
8	09/02/12	HP	Galway/ Kildare	US	N/A	280	Announcement of 150 research development jobs and 130 new technical and support roles	For more information: HP Anna Doody, [phone] [e-mail]