Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015
271. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all jobs announcements in County Cork over each of the past four years of which his Department has been notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/15]
View answerMy Department and its enterprise agencies Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland make job announcements based on the plans and commitments of the enterprises that they are assisting. In many cases, these announcements will set out the job creation plans of the enterprises for a number of years into the future and the Department and its agencies work closely with the promoters to ensure that the jobs envisaged are realised.
I should point out however, that some job creation projects in agency client companies are not announced by the agencies, for example, in cases where the company involved does not wish this to happen.
Accordingly, job announcements are not reflective of the ongoing work of the Agencies in terms of their respective investment in individual companies, which result over time, in job creation.
Employment growth in EI clients in Cork has shown continuous growth over the last four years. Indicative figures from the latest DJEI 2014 Employment Survey show total employment in Cork-based EI clients increasing by around 8% between 2013 and 2014. (Official county based data for 2014 will be available shortly).
Between 2011 and 2014, Enterprise Ireland approved over €64 million specifically to support development projects undertaken by its 600 plus Cork based client companies.
Indicative figures for the period 2011 to 2014 show that the number of IDA Ireland client companies located in Cork, city and county, increased from 135 in 2011 to 146 in 2014, while the total numbers employed in those companies increased by 3,564, rising from 24,981 in 2011 to 28,545 an increase of 14 %.
The following tabular statement sets out details of the employment data for Cork, for Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland respectively.
Press releases relating to job creation issued by my Department’s Press Office are available at http://www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/News/.
Details of Enterprise Ireland's job announcements and those of IDA Ireland are also published on their respective websites – www.enterprise-ireland.com; www.idaireland.com/.
We will forward a list of individual announcements directly to the Deputy.
Table 1: Enterprise Ireland employment data for Cork from the 'Annual Employment Survey'
|
- |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Number Of Companies |
689 |
690 |
669 |
|
Full Time Jobs |
18,100 |
19,008 |
19,775 |
|
Full-time Gains |
2,055 |
1,751 |
1,741 |
|
Full-time Losses |
674 |
843 |
974 |
|
Full-time Change |
1,381 |
908 |
767 |
|
Other Jobs |
2,162 |
2,221 |
2,437 |
* Employment Data for 2014 is being finalised and will be available shortly.
Table 2: IDA Ireland employment data for Cork from the ‘Annual Employment Survey’
|
- |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
No of Companies |
135 |
140 |
147 |
|
Total Jobs |
24,981 |
26,263 |
27,399 |
|
New Jobs Created (gross gains) |
2,187 |
2,395 |
2,139 |
|
Gross Losses |
-1,189 |
-1,113 |
-1,003 |
|
Net Change |
998 |
1,282 |
1,136 |
* Employment Data for 2014 is being finalised and will be available shortly.
