Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 May 2013
138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the indigenous sector has featured in job creation in each of the past four years to date; the number of jobs created through small and medium enterprises and foreign direct investment respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24776/13]
View answerThe net number of new jobs created in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and total employment in their client companies for each year since 2009 is set out in Tables 1 to 3 accompanying this reply.
2012 was a particularly good year for job creation in Agency-supported companies, with IDA client companies creating a total of 5,638 net new full time jobs and a further 932 part time jobs last year. The IDA client base in Ireland now employs 136,505 people on a full time basis, a level last recorded before the global financial crisis began in 2008. Clients of Enterprise Ireland created 3,338 net new full time jobs in 2012. EI companies now employ 145,460 people on a full time basis.
These results show that the Enterprise Development Agencies have been to the fore in delivering on the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Jobs. In the Plan, the Government has set an ambitious target of having 100,000 more people at work by 2016. When we launched the first in a series of annual Action Plans for Jobs in February 2012, I said that the transformation needed for our economy would come through deliberate and determined action across all areas of Government and the private sector. One year into the Action Plan for Jobs process, we can see the evidence that the strategy and architecture are working. There were 270 individual actions committed to last year, to improve the operating environment and supports for job-creating businesses, and remove barriers to employment-creation right across our economy. Over 90% of these actions were completed during 2012. More importantly, there has been a stabilisation in jobs numbers in the last six months and, last year 12,000 jobs were created in the private sector, in particular in export oriented companies. This compares to the 250,000 private sector jobs lost in the three years before this Government took office.
This year’s Action Plan for Jobs 2013 will build on the success of 2012. It includes 333 actions for delivery across all Government Departments and 46 Agencies or Offices. The Plan contains a range of policy actions to assist the development of indigenous enterprise, including small businesses.
As with 2012, employment retention and creation will continue to be our primary objective in 2013. I am confident that we now have a structure in place that can deliver the type of actions needed to continue supporting the transition underway in our economy.
Table 1 showing net new full time jobs created and total full time employment in IDA Ireland Client Companies in each of the years from 2009 to 2012
|
Employment Data |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Net New Jobs Created |
-12,591 |
-561 |
+4,562 |
+5,638 |
|
Total Employment |
126,866 |
126,305 |
130,867 |
136,505 |
Table 2 showing net new full time jobs created and total full time employment in Enterprise Ireland Client Companies in each of the years from 2008 to 2012
|
Employment Data |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Net New Jobs Created |
-19,003 |
-4,367 |
+3,570 |
+3,338 |
|
Total Employment |
142,919 |
138,552 |
142,127 |
145,460 |
Table 3 showing net new full time and part time jobs created from 2010 to 2012 and total employment in CEB-supported Companies in each of the years from 2009 to 2012
|
Employment Data |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Net New Jobs Created |
*N/A |
-118.5 |
-183.5 |
+640.5 |
|
Total Employment |
30,726 |
32,994 |
32,614 |
33,430 |
*It should be noted that prior to 2010, CEBs could only report on the number of jobs existing in CEB-supported companies. In 2010, the CEBs’ data recording system was changed thereby enabling them to produce figures for jobs existing, job gains and job losses for the years from 2010 onwards.
