Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 February 2014
275. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of jobs created in north Kerry in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/14]
View answerResponsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics Office (CSO). However, I understand that the CSO does not compile statistics on jobs created on a county basis. As regards jobs created, the only figures available to my Department are those in respect of jobs created, on a county basis, in client companies of the Enterprise Development Agencies under the aegis of my Department. Table 1, accompanying this reply, provides details of jobs created, since 2008 in companies in Co. Kerry that were supported by Enterprise Ireland (EI) and IDA Ireland and, from 2010 onwards, in the case of companies supported by Kerry County Enterprise Board.
It should be noted that the data in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, which is the active time series and the source for the data relating to EI and IDA-supported companies, can change year-on-year. For example, companies that enter the population or have transferred agency, have the opportunity to revisit numbers for the previous year when they are completing the Survey. As these figures are compiled on an annualised basis, the figures for 2013 will be available in the early part of 2014.
It should also be noted that prior to 2010, the 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.
Table 1: Jobs created in companies based in Co. Kerry and supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Kerry County Enterprise Board
|
Agency |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Enterprise Ireland |
260 |
172 |
142 |
232 |
194 |
|
IDA Ireland |
86 |
25 |
50 |
163 |
75 |
|
Kerry County Enterprise Board |
N/A |
N/A |
287 |
348 |
316 |
|
Total |
346 |
197 |
479 |
743 |
585 |
