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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client site visits that occurred in each county in the State in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown by sector; the number of new IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of existing IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of new IDA jobs created in each county in the State in 2014; the rate of IDA job creation against jobs announced in each county in the State since 2011. [1284/15]

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I am informed by IDA Ireland that data in relation to IDA sponsored site visits by potential investors is provided on a county by county basis and not broken down by sector. The attached tabular statement (A) sets out, on a county by county basis, the number of site visits by potential investors during 2014.

2014 was a record year for IDA Ireland with 197 investments being secured for Ireland and 15,012 gross new jobs being created in IDA Ireland client companies. There was a notable rise in new name investments with 88 new name investments being secured in 2014. For a variety of reasons many companies do not wish for any publicity surrounding a proposed investments and many projects proceed without being publicly announced. During 2014, there were only 66 investment announcements, of which 38 were new projects with the balance being made up of expansion projects. The announcements lists for the period 2011 to 2014 are attached at Table B.

In relation to the impact of those investments, it is important to acknowledge the natural time lag between an announcement of an investment and the coming on stream of that project which can be between 3 and 5 years in some cases. That time is required for such activities as locating and acquiring a suitable site for the company’s operations, constructing a facility, installing machinery and the recruitment and training of suitable staff.

Because of the time lag it is not possible to compare the numbers of jobs announced with the numbers of jobs created. In any given year the number of jobs created exceeds the number of jobs announced. Taking 2014 as an example the job announcements indicated a potential job creation figure in region of 7,000 jobs whereas the actual number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies in 2014 was in fact 15,012.

The level of investments coming on stream is best measured by the number of new jobs created in any given year as recorded in the Forfas Annual Employment Survey. Table C attached sets out, on a county by county basis, the number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies in each of the years 2011 to 2014.

TABLE A SITE VISITS BY COUNTY

County

2014

Carlow

2

Cavan

1

Clare

9

Cork

30

Donegal

6

Dublin

205

Galway

19

Kerry

3

Kildare

1

Kilkenny

4

Laois

0

Leitrim

2

Limerick

22

Longford

0

Louth

10

Mayo

4

Meath

2

Monaghan

0

Offaly

1

Roscommon

0

Sligo

7

Tipperary

3

Waterford

11

Westmeath

12

Wexford

1

Wicklow

4

Table B: IDA Ireland - Announcement List of Investments in 2011

DATE

COMPANY

LOCATION

ORIGIN

INVEST

JOBS

PROJECT ACTIVITY

10/01/11

Murex

Dublin

France

30

Expansion of Financial Software systems development centre

15/01/11

Intel

Leixlip, Co Kildare

US

$500M

850 construction

200 manufacturing

Upgrade of manufacturing facility

20/01/11

Quest Software

Citygate, Mahon, Cork

US

150 jobs

Establishing Shared Services Centre

21/01/11

Valeo

Tuam, Galway

France

€17m

100 jobs

Expanding facility and R&D

08/02/11

Allergan

Westport, Co Mayo

US

20 manufacturing jobs

Expansion of Manufacturing facility

14/02/11

Fidelity

Galway and Dublin

US

€11m

100 technology jobs

Expanding Technology centres

16/02/11

PayPal

Dublin

US

150 customer support positions

European operations and customer service headquarters

16/01/11

AMS

Athlone, Co Westmeath

US

€4.6m

50 jobs

Manufacturing operation

02/03/11

Kelcourt

Tullamore, Co Offaly

US

55 jobs

Manufacturing operation

15/03/11

Zenimax

Galway

US

Hundreds of jobs

Customer Support operation

24/03/11

Metal Improvement Company

Galway

US

20-30 jobs

Technical manufacturing

30/03/11

LinkedIn

Dublin

US

100 jobs

Sales, business development, marketing and customer services

04/04/11

EMC

Cork

US

Expansion of

R& D centre

05/04/11

Avaya

Galway

US

75 jobs

Customer Experience Centre

06/04/11

Asset Control

Dublin

US

50 jobs

Technology centre of excellence

06/04/11

Bausch and Lomb

Waterford

US

$100 m

Medical Technologies Company Manufacturing Industry

13/04/11

HP

Galway

US

50 jobs

Cloud Services centre

15/04/11

FMC

Cork

US

Expansion

(Biopharma services and food)

19/04/11

Gilt Groupe

Limerick and Dublin

US

100-200 jobs

International HQ and Software development centre & Customer support centre

26/04/11

NEI

Galway

US

50 jobs

Integration & Support Operations Centre

12/05/11

Easylink

Clonakilty Co Cork

US

20 jobs

E-commerce solutions

13/05/11

NPD

Athlone, Co Westmeath

US

100 jobs

Consumer and retail tracking market research

16/05/11

Harmac

Castlerea, Co Roscommon

US

100 jobs

Manufacturer of medical devices

18/05/11

McAfee

Cork

US

6M

30jobs

Software

30/05/11

Marketo

Dublin

US

125 jobs

Software

06/06/11

Mycroft

Waterford City

US

50 jobs

Software

07/06/11

Dell

Dublin /Limerick

US

150 jobs

Cloud Computing

08/06/11

Teleflex

Limerick

US

80 jobs

Medical Devices manufacturing

10/06/11

Zynga

Dublin

US

Social Gaming Company

New European Centre

13/6/11

Aspect

Galway

US

Software

Two new centres

(Technical Support, Software production and shared services)

14/06/11

Aruba Networks

Cork

US

40 jobs

IT

15/06/11

BNY Mellon

Dublin

US

50 jobs

Financial Services

17/06/11

Ericsson

Athlone

Sweden

100 jobs

Software

21/06/11

Symantec

Dublin

US

60 jobs

Software

22/06/11

MSD

Cork

US

€28.6m

70 jobs

Biopharma

23/06/11

Butterfield Fulcrum

Dublin

60 jobs

Fund Administration

23/06/11

BioMarin

Cork

US

$48.5

100 jobs

Biopharma

01/07/11

Alere

Galway

US

100 jobs

International Business Service

17/07/11

SAP

Dublin and Galway

Germany

100 jobs

Software

20/07/11

Analog

Limerick

US

€50m

100 jobs

ICT Research and Development Centre

21/07/11

BSB

Dublin

Belgium

120 jobs

Software

21/07/11

Allianz

Dublin

Germany

50 jobs

International Health Insurer

21/07/11

Sangart

Cork

US

120 manufacturing jobs and 125 construction

Biopharma European headquarters and Commercial Manufacturing facility

21/07/11

Wolters Kluwer

Dublin

Netherlands

13 RD&I jobs

Financial Services Research and Development investment

04/08/11

Delcath

Galway

US

A number of marketing, sales, and logistic support jobs

Pharma and Medical Devices

European Headquarters

04/08/11

EADS/ Eurocopter

Dublin

Establishment of Eurocopter international customer support centre

08/08/11

Boston Scientific

Tipperary

US

€26m

Expansion of Medical Technologies R&D

09/08/11

PayPal

Dublin

US

200 jobs

Expansion of Customer Service and Operations at its European Centre of Excellence

30/08/11

Kirchoff

Donegal

Germany

30th Anniversary celebration

31/08/11

Citrix

Dublin

US

50 jobs

Expansion of Customer Technical Support and Education Services for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters

01/09/11

CareFusion

Galway

US

35 jobs

35 jobs established at manufacturing centre of excellence

06/09/11

HP

Galway

US

Celebration of 40 years of innovation and transformation in Galway

15/09/11

VMware

Cork

US

250 jobs

Expansion and opening of new office for virtualization and cloud infrastructure

16/09/11

Coca Cola

Wexford and Louth

US

$300m

100 jobs

Opening of new Wexford manufacturing/ innovation facility and expansion of Drogheda Global Shared Services Centre

20/09/11

Pfizer

Dublin

US

$200m

400 construction jobs

Investment in Grange Castle biotechnology manufacturing facility

20/09/11

HCL

Dublin

India

80 jobs

Establishment of Software Delivery Centre

21/09/11

arvato Finance

Dublin

German

150 jobs

Business process outsourcing

22/09/11

MSD

Tipperary

US

€100m

Official opening of pharmaceutical R&D centre

26/09/11

Twitter

Dublin

US

Establishment of international office

26/09/11

EA and BioWare

Galway

US

200 jobs

Opening of state-of-the-art customer service centre

27/09/11

D&B

Dublin

US

75 jobs

Expansion and job creation

27/09/11

Biotrin

Dublin

Italian

40 jobs

Official opening of new Research, Development and Manufacturing facility

28/09/11

Caci

Dublin

France

€3.2m

Establishment of R&D Centre of Excellence

30/09/11

Google

Dublin

US

€75m

200 construction jobs

30 full time and

contractor jobs

Investment in energy-efficient, air-cooled data centre

30/09/11

JRI-America

Kerry

Japan

100 jobs

Establishment of software development operation

10/10/11

Allianz Worldwide Care

Dublin

German

128 jobs

Recruitment of a variety of roles

11/10/11

Genzyme

Waterford

Italian

€150m

Expansion of biotechnology campus

18/10/11

Glass Lewis

Limerick

US

15 jobs

Opening of international operations centre

25/10/11

HedgeServ

Dublin

US

300 jobs

Global hedge funds administration

26/10/11

IBM

Dublin

US

200 jobs

Opening of Smart Cities Technology Centre

27/10/11

Pivot

Galway

Canada

100 jobs

Opening of Shared Service Centre

27/10/11

Engine Yard

Dublin

US

30 jobs

Establishing EMEA HQ

27/10/11

Pinger

Dublin

US

15 jobs

Establishing EMEA HQ and Customer and Technical Support operation

27/10/11

Commence

Dublin

US

20 jobs

Opening of international office for sales and service of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software

14/11/11

LANDesk Software

Dublin

US

15 jobs

Establishment of International Financial Services Centre

14/11/11

Prometric

Dundalk

US

100 jobs

Major Test Development Services Investment

16/11/11

Covidien

Galway & Athlone

US

€25m

Six High-Tech Research and Development Projects

21/11/11

Misys

Dublin

US

35 jobs

Expansion of R&D team

21/11/11

ON Semiconductor

Limerick

US

€13m

69 jobs

Expansion of Design Centre

IDA Ireland – Announcement List of Investments in 2012

DATE

COMPANY

LOCATION

ORIGIN

INVEST

JOBS

PROJECT ACTIVITY

05/01/12

Workday

Dublin

US

N/A

100

Expansion of EMEA offices

05/01/12

Cook Ireland

Limerick

US

€16m

12

RD&I project

05/01/12

Cetra

Limerick

US

N/A

20

European Service Centre for translation services

09/01/12

Allergan

Mayo

US

N/A

200

200 jobs

250 construction

31/01/12

BSkyB

Dublin

UK

N/A

800

800 jobs for customer service centre

30/01/12

IERC

Cork

N/A

€1m

N/A

Research centre – signing of contracts with higher level institutions

08/02/12

Webroot

Dublin

US

N/A

N/A

Opening of new office

09/02/12

HP

Galway/ Kildare

US

N/A

280

Announcement of 150 research development jobs and 130 new technical and support roles

09/02/12

Abbott

Sligo

US

€85m

175

€85m investment that will result in approx 175 highly skilled jobs

09/02/12

Big Fish Games

Cork

US

N/A

30

Expanding its cloudgaming research and development initiative by recruiting 30 highly skilled software engineers

15/02/12

Mastercard

Dublin

US

N/A

130

Global Technologies Office

21/02/12

PayPal

Dundalk

US

N/A

1,000

International Operations Centre

23/02/12

Microsoft

Dublin

US

US$130m

N/A

Expand its Dublin Data Centre

27/02/12

Eli Lilly

Kinsale, Cork

US

€330m

200 + 300 construction jobs

Biopharmaceutical Commercial and Manufacturing Plant.

27/02/12

PepsiCo

Cork

US

€10m

N/A

R&D center for next generation beverages

05/03/12

Datalogic ADC

Dublin

US

N/A

30

Establishes new EMEA HQ

08/03/12

Succeed in Ireland

National

Ireland

N/A

30

Launch of Succeed in Ireland Initiative

09/03/12

Indeed.com

Dublin

US

N/A

N/A

European sales and marketing

27/03/12

Sogeti

Dublin & Galway

France

N/A

65

IT consultancy

02/04/12

BlackRock Inc

Dublin

US

N/A

25

Asset Management

18/04/12

Mylan

Dublin & Galway

US

€380m

500

Investment of €380m and creation of 500jobs located between Galway and Dublin

23/04/12

M/A – COM Tech

Cork

N/A

30

Expanding its Cork operation, positions will be in Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality & Administration.

23/04/12

CULTURE TRANSLATE

Dublin

Germany

N/A

30

To establish a games localisation and testing centre in Dublin, creating 30 new highly skilled positions

23/04/12

Diaceutics

Dundalk

US

N/A

20

20 new jobs over 3 years

23/04/12

Nimbles Apps

Dublin

France

N/A

10

To create 10 new jobs over the next three years in their new European headquarters in the Digital Hub in Dublin

23/04/12

Imosphere

Limerick

UK

N/A

17

Is establishing its international headquarters in Limerick creating 17 jobs in Euro sales marketing and Tech support

23/04/12

Unique Digital Ltd

Dublin

N/A

N/A

Expanding its European headquarters in Dublin

26/4/12

Amgen

Dublin

US

$200 m

100

Expansion of manufacturing facility

30/4/12

Cisco

Galway

US

€26m

115

Expansion of R&D facility

3/5/12

SAP

Dublin

Galway

Germany

€110m

250

Expansion of operations

8/05/12

Total Defense

Dublin

US

N/A

100

Establishing European Operations centre

9/05/12

ZMDI

Limerick

Germany

N/A

35

Establishing an R&D centre

17/05/12

Merit Medical Systems

Galway

US

€20m

200

Establishing new facility; jobs in Manufacturing, Operations, R & D over next 5 years

18/05/12

IBM

Dublin

US

N/A

Several Hundred (IBM have not confirmed a figure yet)

Establishing a Global Services Integration Hub

23/05/12

Smartbox

Dublin

Paris

N/A

Currently 50, potentially 20 additional jobs over 18 months

International Strategy, B2B, Project Management, Digital, Supply Chain and IT Centre of Excellence

25/05/12

Delcath

Galway

US

N/A

N/A

Sales & Marketing. Are looking to manufacture at the facility in the future.

28/05/12

Amazon

Dublin

US

N/A

Over 100 Jobs

Jobs will include support engineers, systems engineers, network engineers, software developers and technical managers

29/05/12

IDG Connect

Dublin

US

N/A

125 positions by 2013

Positions across campaign management, telephone support, data analysis and business intelligence.

30/05/12

Red 5 Studios

Cork

US

N/A

30

Roles for Community Management, Localization, and Player Support teams.

30/05/12

Van Tibolli

Dublin

US

N/A

25

Customer support and multi lingual marketing roles

30/05/12

Md7

Dublin

US

N/A

N/A

Multilingual customer support centre, accounts, local negotiations and sales and marketing function for Europe.

30/05/12

Infobright

Dublin

US

N/A

No specific amount given by Infobright

Expansion to its EMEA Headquarters along with a Customer Support Centre in Dublin

30/05/12

Aasonn

Dublin

US

N/A

30

Established itsEuropean headquarters in Dublin, given no specifics on types of jobs.

30/05/12

Qualvu Inc.

Dublin

US

N/A

15

Given no specifics on types of jobs.

19/06/12

Maples Group

Dublin

US

N/A

75

Given no specifics on types of jobs.

26/06/12

Nuance

Dublin

US

N/A

40

Sales, Finance, Human Resources and Management

28/06/12

Salesforce.com

Dublin

US

N/A

100

Sales, Marketing, IT and customer support functions

03/07/12

Xilinx

Dublin & Cork

US

€50m

60

04/07/12

Guidewire

Dublin

US

N/A

N/A

Establishing a consultancy centre in Dublin

11/07/12

Ancestry.com

Dublin

USA

N/A

50

Establishing a Management, finance, website developers and member service agents office in Dublin

19/07/12

Fujitsu

NUI Galway

Japan

N/A

N/A

Investigating models and approaches for integrating and validating data available on the Internet with a view to enabling innovative applications and businesses to be designed and brought to the market across numerous industries.

23/07/2012

Envelope Supply Company

Kilkenny

UK

N/A

32

Establishment of a manufacturing facility which will employ operative level employees, management and supervisory positions. The products to be manufactured will be pocket and wallet envelopes for supply to major companies in the UK and Europe including Office Supplies, Direct Mail and Print Management.

02/08/12

GE Healthcare

Cork

USA

10 million

N/A

Investment in a new production suite that will see the site’s manufacturing capacity increase by over 50 per cent.

03/08/12

Lafferty Group

Mayo

UK

N/A

40

Establishment of a research and content division of the International Academy of Retail Banking (IARB).

23/08/12

ResMed

UCD

Australia

N/A

50

Expansion of its RD&I facility at its existing operation in Nexus UCD.

7/09/12

National Pen

Dundalk

USA

N/A

250

250 new positions in its Manufacturing Facility

10/09/12

Aris Global

Dublin

USA

N/A

50

Expanding its European operations

14/09/12

SumUp

Dublin

Berlin, Germany

N/A

40

Establishing a Customer and Technical Support Operation and Development Centre in Dublin

14/09/12

Xtralis

Dublin

India

N/A

50

Established International HQ in Dublin, initially creating 10 jobs at its Irish base and aims to employ 50 people as it grows its operations in Ireland

18/09/12

EA Games

Galway

USA

N/A

300

Facility providing multilingual international customer support and services for its major game titles

19/09/12

Northern Trust

Limerick

USA

N/A

400

Roles created will be in traditional and hedge fund accounting, transfer agency, financial reporting, pricing, custody, private equity, alternative asset administration, client reporting, real estate administration, as well as roles supporting employee functions such as finance, Information Technology, Human Resources and training, and corporate services.

Arvarto

Dublin

Germany

N/A

100

Roles will be created in IT, consulting, finance and accounting, project management and customer service.

26/09/2012

Hubspot

Dublin

Boston

N/A

150

Establishing a European Headquarters in Dublin support their rapidly-growing international business segment. The office - HubSpot’s first-ever branch office - will create 150 new jobs, bring HubSpot’s unique inbound marketing vision to a global audience, and oversee all international operations, supporting 600+ customers and 100 value-added resellers

3/10/2012

Aspen

Dublin

South Africa

N/A

44

Establishing a global regulatory, pharmacovigilance, quality assurance and supply projects centre of excellence in Citywest

4/10/2012

Hittite Microwave Corp

Cork

US

N/A

30

Establishment of a International Operations Centre also in Cork. This international hub will manage non-US business in closer proximity to its customers to enhance local market presence. As part of the International Operations Centre a global supply chain and finance team will also be located in Cork.

16/10/2012

Consero, a market leader in creating industry-specific events for senior-level executives, is to establish its European Headquarters in Dublin with the creation of 20 jobs over a 3 year period.

ExtenSys Inc., an Information Technology Company providing high value added internet traffic management solutions, is to establish a Sales and Technical Support office in Limerick, with the creation of 25 jobs.

KeyedIn Solutions, whichdelivers cloud-based technology solutions and consulting to improve Companies operational and business performance, is to establish an European Software Development, Sales, Marketing and Technical support Centre in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal with the creation of 20 jobs.

DITA Inc, global leader in optical designs, is expanding its EMEA Headquarters and distribution centre in Dublin, with the creation of 10 new positions bringing its workforce to a total of 30.

ZenDesk, a leading provider of web-based customer support software, is to establish its Finance and Development Centre in Dublin, with the creation of 30 jobs over the next 2 years

LetterkennyDublin Limerick

US

N/A

122

15/10/12

Munich Re

Dublin

Japan

N/A

17

Establishment of an R&D Facility that will focus on complex data mining and statistical analysis techniques that will enable Munich Re’s Automation Solutions to more accurately assess underwriting risk across a broad range of insurance classes. Munich Re’s life insurance clients around the world will benefit from this exciting R&D and newly-gained expertise through the next generation of new business processing and underwriting automation solutions

24/10/2012

Entercoms

Cork

US

N/A

30

Establishment of a European Headquarters in Mallow, Co. Cork, hiring specialised Industrial Engineers, Operations Research Scientists, and Business Intelligence Experts with Programme Management, Supply Chain Management, Demand Planning and Business Analytics capabilities

24/10/2012

Synchronoss

Galway

US

N/A

30

New positions will be created in the areas of research and development, quality assurance and service delivery. The centre and the new positions are supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland. Synchronoss first established its Research and Development (R&D) and Operations centre in Galway in 2010.

25.10/2012

Yapstone

Drogheda

US

N/A

120

Establishment of European Headquarters in the area of Web and mobile payment solutions for targeted vertical markets, including vacation rentals, apartment rentals, commercial real estate, self-storage and non-profits

06/11/2012

Butterfly Fulcrum

Galway

US

n/a

250

The expansion of Butterfield Fulcrum will establish a reputation of a global centre or fund administration and will enhance Ireland’s profile within the hedge fund industry globally. The new jobs will be in the areas of middle office and customer relationship management.

07/11/2012

Nextag

Drogheda

US

n/a

125

Establishment of International Headquarters in the area of comparison shopping company and is part of the Wize Commerce Shopping Network.

12/12/2012

Fidelity

Dublin/Galway

US

n/a

200

Fidelity will hire 200 highly skilled professionals who will provide a diverse mix of technology, back office operations and enterprise services expertise to Fidelity’s global operations

13/11/12

LogMeIn

Dublin

USA

N/A

50

Expanding its International Operations. Positions will include HR, Finance, Marketing, Sales and customer support.

19/11/12

Anamie Advisors Ltd

Dublin

Malaysia

N/A

A global advisory firm in Islamic Finance, Amanie Advisors is to establish an operation in Dublin.

26/11/12

Clearstream

Dublin

Belgium

N/A

100

Establishment of an operational centre to support investment processing into hedge funds

30/11/12

Stryker

Cork

US

N/A

20

Increased R&D investment by Stryker InstrumentsThe products and technologies being developed will reduce surgery time, increase operating room efficiency and improve accuracy and precision in neuro, spine, ENT, arthroscopy, general surgery and total joint arthroplasty procedures.

03/12/12

Dropbox

Dublin

US

N/A

Establishment of an International Operation Centre in Dublin.

7/12/12

Nypro

Bray

USA

N/A

100

Expanding its medical device operations in Bray, Co. Wicklowwith the opening of anew medical device development centre and the creation of 100 new high quality jobs.

10/12/12

Mandiant

Dublin

USA

N/A

100

Establishing an Engineering and Security Operations Centre. Jobs created will be in software engineering and IT security.

12/12/12

Kobo/Rakuten

Dublin

Canada/Japan

N/A

30

Established a Software Development Centre in Dublin.

14/12/12

MGS

Leixlip

USA

N/A

150

Establishing manufacturing centre in Leixlip.

IDA Ireland – Announcement List of Investments in 2013

DATE

COMPANY

LOCATION

ORIGIN

INVEST

JOBS

PROJECT ACTIVITY

09/01/13

Hauewei

Cork City and Dublin

China

n/a

50

To provide leading customer services to telecoms operators both in Ireland and internationally. Future expansion at the sites will extend R&D functions to cover a wider range of IT software projects.

10/01/13

Omnipay

Dublin

USA

n/a

30

To develop and extend its global payments processing platform, which currently processes more than one billion transactions on behalf of 31 merchant acquiring banks and payment processors worldwide.

14/01/13

Vistakon

Limerick

US

100M

300

Expansion of its manufacturing operations and create 100 new highly skilled jobs

29/01/13

10Gen

Dublin

USA

N/A

60

Creating 60 jobs in Dublin with the establishment of its European HQ

29/01/13

Etsy, Inc

Dublin

USA

N/A

n/a

Establishing a new EMEA HQ in Dublin – leading online marketplace for handmade and vintage items.

29/01/13

Loop1 Systems Inc.

Cork

USA

N/A

17

Creating 17 new jobs in Cork with the establishment of a sales, customer support and technical centre providing training and professional services to multinational companies using the SolarWinds Suite of software.

29/01/13

Whitehouse Analytical Labs

Cork

USA

N/A

35

Analytical testing facility, has chosen Ireland for its first round of international expansion, and is to create 35 new jobs in Cork.

29/01/13

IMSTech Gmbh

Cork

USA

N/A

35

A provider of manufacturing solutions for the life sciences sector, is to establish a research and manufacturing competency centre in Cork with the creation of 35 highly-skilled jobs.

29/01/13

PE Lynch

Dublin

USA

n/a

20

A producer of algorithmic trading software for banks and brokers, is to establish its European headquarters in Dublin with the creation of 20 new jobs

12/02/13

Genzyme

Waterford

USA

44 Million

The investment will increase the site’s diversity of products by adding the filling of Sanofi’s Lantus® (insulin glargine), the number one insulin brand worldwide

14/02/13

eBay

Dundalk

US

n/a

450

European customer base of the company’s eBay Marketplaces and PayPal businesses with an enhanced experience in the areas of customer services, sales and compliance

18/02/13

Facebook

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Expansion in a broad range of roles including user operations, advertising, sales, policy and safety.

21/02/13

Quantcast

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Establishment of EMEA Operations Centre in Dublin

27/02/13

Guidewire

Dublin

US

n/a

75

To provide consultancy support and additional product development resources to support Guidewire’s customers

01/03/13

Worldwide TechServices

Limerick

US

n/a

62

Establishment of a European Headquarters

05/03/13

FireEye

Cork

US

n/a

150

EMEA Technical Support Centre

21/03/13

Yahoo

Dublin

USA

200

Customer Support, Technology Operations, HR and Finance which will support Yahoos business across Europe, Middel East and Africa

21/03/13

McAfee

Cork

USA

60

Establishment of a Enterprise Engineering Group dedicated to provide fast, efficient engineering responses to sales opportunities for the company. Within this group McAfee will create a number of small specialised engineering teams in Cork that will be responsible for designing and building new features for its key enterprise customers.

20/03/13

Zendesk

Dublin

US

n/a

30

European Data Centre

26/03/13

Zurich

Dublin

USA

n/a

112

The establishment of two new IT hubs which will provide services to the Zurich businesses globally and in Europe. One hub will support Zurich’s IT service management and the other will support Cyber Security Management

27/03/13

Consultancy Natural Power

Dublin

USA

n/a

20

Establishment of their headquarters in Dublin

28/03/13

Nypro

Waterford

USA

n/a

200

Establishment an additional state of the art medical device manufacturing facility. Which will manufacture advanced respiratory and injectable devices for global healthcare and pharmaceutical customers.

08/04/13

Novartis

Dublin

Swiss

n/a

n/a

Business Services Centre

19/04/13

Marin Software

Dublin

US

n/a

35

Establishment of their International Headquarters. They are a leading provider of a advertising management platform for search, display, social and mobile,

19/04/13

ACI

Limerick

US

n/a

60

Expansion of their software centre.

01/05/13

Squarespace

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Establishment of its EMEA Centre in Dublin

30/05/13

Fujitsu

Dublin

Japan

n/a

n/a

Fujitsu to undertake a series of collaborative Irish Research projects over the next three years as a test bed case to inform the global ICT giant’s future strategy

04/06/13

Prometic

Dundalk

US

n/a

24

24 Jobs added to Global Operations Hub

10/06/13

UPC

Limerick

Europe

n/a

42

European Competency Centre

11/06/13

Groupon

Dublin

US

n/a

20

Experienced Software engineers, computer programmers, data scientists and computational markets fort its software centre in Dublin

13/06/13

EMC

Cork

US

100M

200

The opening of a new EMC office as part of a fresh €100 million investment in Ireland. The new full-time positions, spanning engineering, customer support, sales, finance, research and development and IT.

24/06/13

AOL

Dublin

US

N/A

40

New software engineering roles over the next 12 months at its Dublin Development Centre.

27/06/13

Adara Global

eMaint

Primeur

Nordeus

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

30

25

20

15

Creation of European headquarters in digital marketing

Creation of EMEA Headquarters in web based solutions

Creation of European Headquarters

Creation of 15 new jobs at its customer relations, business and marketing operations centre in Dublin city centre.

04/07/13

Becton Dickinson

Louth

US

3.5 Million

28

Investment in new equipment to manufacture state-of-the-art safety needles designed to help protect healthcare workers and patients from medical sharps injuries

11/07/13

Pfizer

Dublin & Cork

US

130 Million

250

Expansion of capacity and begin producing more advanced, complex therapies to deal with some of the most devastating and difficult to cure diseases

16/07/13

Symantec

Dublin

US

n/a

400

Establishment of a new European Customer Management Centre

24/07/13

Salesforce

Dublin

US

n/a

100

The company plans to hire qualified professionals in sales, marketing, IT and customer support.

26/07/13

Alexion

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Establishment of a Global Supply Chain and Quality operation

09/08/13

Overstock

Sligo

US

n/a

45

Software Development Centre

30/08/13

Fugro

Dublin

US

n/a

To be revealed

Establishment of a Photonics Global Research Centre

10/09/13

Qualcomm

Cork

US

n/a

Not decided

Establishment of a state of the art global technology deliver centre

17/09/13

Medtronic

Galway

US

n/a

Not Decided

Establishment of a customer innovation centre.

20/09/13

Virtu

Dublin

US

n/a

30

Establishment of a European Headquarters

20/09/13

National Pen

Dundalk

US

n/a

200

Jobs created in its sales, customer services, manufacturing, technical and Admin functions

23/09/13

Stream Global Services

Dublin

US

n/a

50 and 200 seasonal jobs at christmas

To provide technical support solutions for one of Stream’s global clients – a leading name in video gaming systems.

25/09/13

Twitter

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Expansion in the areas of sales, HR, finance and marketing

26/09/13

Dell

Dublin

US

n/a

200

Establishment of a commercial bank in Dublin to provide commercial loans and leases to small, medium and large enterprise customers in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

27/09/13

Qualtrics

Dublin

US

n/a

150

Establishment of their European Headquarters

30/09/13

TripAdvisor

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Establishment of a new engineering hub creating 50 quality web engineering roles

30/10/13

KOBO

Dublin

Canada

n/a

30

Establishment of European Software Development Centre in Dublin

30/10/13

AdRoll

Nitro

ETQ

StorageCraft

Zendesk

Clio

Pearl Street Enterprises

Minds and Machines

AerData

Dublin

Dublin

Limerick

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

US Companies

n/a

100

50

30

30

30

30

25

25

25

Establishment of companies in the areas of Software Development, Online Security, Internet and Digital Media.

05/11/13

Acorn

Dublin

US

n/a

100

To expand its operations in Dublin

09/12/13

AON

Dublin

US

n/a

30

Investment in its Dublin based Aon Centre for Innovation and Analytics (ACIA)

09/12/13

Depuy

Cork

US

36 million

38

Investment in a Research and Development programme

11/12/13

Axway

Dublin

US

n/a

15

Expansion of their R&D Centre

17/12/13

Charles River

Dublin

US

n/a

Job to grow to 30

Established a new Managed Services office to meet growing global demand for SaaS-based operations.

18/12/13

Regeneron

Limerick

US

300 million

300

Establish a state-of-the art, biopharmaceutical production facility

19/12/13

Liberty Mutual

Dublin

US

n/a

150

Expansion of company’s IT operation

IDA Ireland – Announcement List of Investments in 2014

DATE

COMPANY

LOCATION

ORIGIN

INVEST

JOBS

PROJECT ACTIVITY

23/01/14

Aspen Pharma

Dublin

South Africa

n/a

42

Expansion of its operation

24/01/14

BioMarin Manufacturing

Cork

US

n/a

40 positions and 65 Construction Jobs

Establishment of Manufacturing Operations

27/01/14

Tyco

Cork

US

n/a

500

Establishment of a Business Service Centre

29/01/14

Global Reviews

Cork

US

n/a

30

Establishment of European Headquarters

31/01/14

HedgeServ

Cork

US

n/a

150

Opening up a second operation in Cork

03/02/14

Alexion

Athlone

US

n/a

200

Global Supply Chain Facility

10/02/14

Jazz

Roscommon

US

n/a

n/a

Establishment of a Manufacturing and Development facility

21/02/14

New Relic

SEKO MedTec Solutions

NeoMed, Inc.

CapSpire

Starting Dot.

Dublin

Galway

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin

US

US

US

US

France

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

30

22

20

10

Establish its EMEA HQ in Dublin

Establish a European Control Centre

Establish an EMEA Headquarters

Establish an international office which will allow the firm to better serve its existing European clients

Establishment of a Finance and Operations Centre

03/03/14

Alexion

Dublin

US

75 m

200

Expansion of operation

07/04/14

Airbnb

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Expansion of operation

10/04/14

Survey Money

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Opening office for a wide range of roles including account and customer support

14/04/14

Enercon

Dublin

German

n/a

22

Establishment of European Sales Office

14/04/14

Ethicon

Limerick

US

80m

270 jobs and 150 temp jobs

Investment in Manufacturing Facility

02/05/14

BioMarin

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Expansion of their operations

07/05/14

Becton Dickinson

Drogheda

US

16 million

20

Investment in new equipment to expand its production BD PosiFlush syringes.

16/05/14

Oxford International

Cork

US

16 million

57

Expansion of operation in Cork

26/05/14

Indos

Wexford

UK

n/a

10

Expansion of operations in Wexford

27/05/14

Ericsson

Dublin/Athlone

US

n/a

120

Highly skilled roles range from software developers to programme managers and consultants

27/05/14

SAP

Dublin

US

n/a

260

60 New R&D Roles and 200 New Technology Support roles in their operation Citywest

29/05/14

DMS Offshore investment Services

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Jobs in fund governance and risk management at its European operations centre in Dublin

06/06/14

Yelp

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Opening of a new European headquarters

09/06/14

Workday

Dublin

US

n/a

200

Expansion of its workforce over the next three years.

11/06/14

Hollister

Mayo

US

80m

n/a

Investment in their Ballina operation to add additional functions.

12/06/14

Smartbear

Galway

US

n/a

100

Establishment of European Headquarters

18/06/14

Paypal

Dundalk

US

n/a

400

Expansion of its operations centre in Dundalk

26/06/14

Innovative Interfaces

Dublin

US

n/a

25

Expansion of its EMEA headquarters in Dublin

26/06/14

AdRoll

Dublin

US

n/a

100

Expansion of its European operations by doubling its office space and hiring 100 additional staff. The additional staff will bring AdRoll’s Dublin headcount to 220.

30/06/14

NuVasive

Waterford

US

n/a

30

Establishment of international operations centre

02/07/14

Viagogo Group

Limerick

US

n/a

100

Establishment of operations centre

22/07/14

AlienVault

Cork

US

n/a

40

Establishment of a sales and technical support centre

22/07/14

Internal Results

Portlaoise

UK

n/a

20

Establishment of a Customer Support Centre

23/07/14

Itron Inc

Cork

US

n/a

40

Establishment of a Global Services Centre

11/09/14

Sidetrade

Dublin

France

n/a

90

Establishment of Shared Services Centre

12/09/14

IBM

Dublin

US

20 million

n/a

Establishment of a digital sales centre. The Centre is IBM’s largest multi language client engagement centre worldwide. It brings together a specialist IT salesforce working in 19 languages and is a focal point for clients in 21 countries across Europe.

26/09/14

AIG

Dublin

US

n/a

20

Establish of a EMEA Treasury Centre.

02/10/14

New West Pharma

Waterford

US

n/a

150

Proposal to expand their operation in Waterford

02/10/14

Optel Vision

Limerick

Quebec

n/a

140

Establishment of an EMEA Manufacturing and Operations centre

06/10/14

Solarwinds

Cork

US

n/a

100

Expansion of their operations in Cork

07/10/14

Filtertek

Limerick

US

n/a

35

Expansion of their operations in Limerick

07/10/14

Citrix

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Expansion of their operations in Dublin

10/10/14

Dell

Dublin

US

n/a

50

Establishment of a new commerce services R&D Centre in Dublin

13/10/14

Colour Communication

Roscommon

US

n/a

20

Expansion of their operations in Roscommon

28/10/14

Groupon

Dublin

US

n/a

200

Establishment of an Engineering and Marketing Centre

30/10/14

Teleflex

Athlone

US

n/a

100

Expansion of their operations in Athlone

03/10/14

Open Text

Cork

US

n/a

105

Expansion of their Global Support Centre in Cork

05/11/14

Clearstream

Wexford

US

n/a

200

Expansion of their facility in Enniscorthy

05/11/14

N3 Results, Sprout Social, Simplivity, Udemy, Boomerang Pharma, SNP Communications, Perseus Telecom. HedgeGuard

Dublin, Cork, Galway

US, Europe

n/a

400

Establishment of 8 North American and European based high-growth companies.

06/11/14

Amazon

Dublin

US

n/a

300

Expansion of their operations in Dublin

07/11/14

Valeo Vision

Galway

US

n/a

140

Expansion of their operations in Galway

10/11/14

Avaya

Galway

US

n/a

75

Expansion of R&D facility in Galway

Bristol Myers Squibb

Dublin

US

n/a

350 to 400 manufacturing jobs and about 1,000 construction jobs

Construction of a new state-of-the-art, large-scale biologics manufacturing facility in Dublin that will produce multiple therapies for the company’s growing biologics portfolio.

17/11/14

Nightowl

Dublin

US

25

Establishment of eDiscovery Centre of Excellence in Dublin

01/12/14

Johnson and Johnson

Limerick

US

n/a

100

Establishment of a development centre

03/12/14

Calypso

Dublin

US

n/a

150

Establishment of a management services centre in Dublin

10/12/14

Allianz

Dublin

Germany

n/a

100

Expansion of their operations in Dublin

Table C Number of new jobs created in IDA client companies in each year from 2011 to 2014 shown on a county by county basis.

2011

2012

2013

2014

Carlow

197

132

91

44

Cavan

5

10

15

27

Clare

397

316

240

436

Cork

2,187

2,395

2,139

2,312

Donegal

277

164

183

247

Dublin

7,208

8,438

7,961

7,149

Galway

1,922

938

969

1,099

Kerry

171

120

101

247

Kildare

352

546

339

637

Kilkenny

1

125

80

124

Laois

2

0

22

9

Leitrim

24

0

276

4

Limerick

308

562

570

756

Longford

6

44

25

10

Louth

264

426

778

494

Mayo

152

96

242

294

Meath

88

53

83

69

Monaghan

0

7

29

13

Offaly

41

54

21

44

Roscommon

96

59

28

21

Sligo

187

163

184

65

Tipperary NT Riding

22

1

22

16

Tipperary South Riding

25

67

180

48

Waterford

144

117

172

351

Westmeath

161

177

132

285

Wexford

111

100

149

176

Wicklow

84

105

73

35

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