Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
175. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the analysis that his Department carries out regarding jobs announcements made by his Department versus jobs actually delivered when the jobs are in the future; if announcements made regarding jobs to be created some years ahead are included in the statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48973/14]
View answerThe Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and its enterprise agencies make job announcements based on the plans and commitments of the entrepreneurs and enterprises they are assisting to invest and create jobs in Ireland. In many cases these announcements will set out the job creation plans of those entrepreneurs or enterprises for a number of years into the future and the Department and its agencies work closely with the promoters to ensure that jobs envisaged are realised for Ireland.
For the purposes of the performance metrics for the agencies and for reporting on employment statistics, only actual jobs created in a year are reported. Job announcements are not included in the agency employment statistics as reported by DJEI and the agencies in the Annual Employment Survey, unless those jobs have materialised into actual jobs as of 31 October in a given survey year.
