Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014
140. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job announcements made by the Industrial Development Agency, broken down by region within the State, for the three years 2008 to 2010; the number of job announcements by the IDA for the same regions for the three years 2011 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1989/14]
View answerI have been informed by IDA Ireland that in respect of job announcements, they are tracked on a calendar basis and not by region. In the period from 2008- 2010 there were 176 announcements, while in the period from 2011- 2013 there were 221 announcements, an increase of 25%. IDA Ireland’s announcements in respect of each of the years from 2008 to 2013 are set out in the attached tabular statements.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is key to Ireland’s economic recovery. IDA Ireland’s end of year results show that 2013 was another record year for investment wins and job creation, with over 7,000 net new jobs being created in the Agency’s client companies. This is the fourth year in a row for jobs growth and there are now over 161,000 people employed in IDA Ireland client companies, the highest ever number recorded in the history of the Agency.
