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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Questions (79)

Seán Fleming

Question:

79. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of gross jobs created and lost and the net increase in employment by the IDA Ireland-supported businesses on a county basis for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2480/16]

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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Employment data for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Survey is collected and reported annually. Earlier this month, IDA Ireland announced the highest level of employment in its clients in its 67 year history, with 187,056 people now employed in companies supported by the agency. The following table sets out the employment data on jobs created and lost for the period 2011-2015 from the 2015 survey. In 2015, IDA client companies created 18,983 new jobs across a range of sectors, with every region of Ireland posting net employment gains. The total annual net job gain amounted to 11,833. For the period from 2011 to 2015, IDA Ireland client companies created 78,995 new jobs with job losses for the same period amounting to 39,044 which represents a net increase in employment of 39,951.

Our work in continuing to attract international investment in Ireland will be guided by both my Department’s Policy Statement on Foreign Direct Investment and IDA Ireland’s own five-year strategy “Winning - Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019”. The IDA Strategy details both how the Agency will broaden its target sectors further and seek new markets over the next five years. Its ambitious targets include boosting FDI in Ireland by over 40% and creating 80,000 new jobs in the economy. As part of its growth strategy, IDA has also committed to increasing the level of investment into each region of Ireland by between 30% and 40%.

Table shows on a county by county basis the total number of IDA Ireland jobs created and lost along with the net change from 2011 to 2015.

County	Gain/Loss	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Carlow	Gross Gain	197	132	91	45	19
Carlow	Gross Losses	0	-1	-1	-31	0
Carlow	Net Change	197	131	90	14	19
Cavan	Gross Gain	5	10	15	27	29
Cavan	Gross Losses	-28	-54	-8	-26	0
Cavan	Net Change	-23	-44	7	1	29
Clare	Gross Gain	399	320	243	443	646
Clare	Gross Losses	-463	-521	-330	-309	-524
Clare	Net Change	-64	-201	-87	134	122
Cork	Gross Gain	2,200	2,418	2,138	2,209	4,062
Cork	Gross Losses	-1,189	-1,128	-1,015	-1,194	-633
Cork	Net Change	1,011	1,290	1,123	1,015	3,429
Donegal	Gross Gain	277	164	183	247	330
Donegal	Gross Losses	-23	-42	-24	-22	-19
Donegal	Net Change	254	122	159	225	311
Dublin	Gross Gain	7,239	8,432	7,253	8,236	8,864
Dublin	Gross Losses	-3,519	-4,302	-2,446	-3,414	-3,052
Dublin	Net Change	3,720	4,130	4,807	4,822	5,812
Galway	Gross Gain	1,907	932	953	1,097	1,267
Galway	Gross Losses	-114	-230	-391	-725	-785
Galway	Net Change	1,793	702	562	372	482
Kerry	Gross Gain	171	120	101	247	89
Kerry	Gross Losses	-187	-12	-68	-11	-32
Kerry	Net Change	-16	108	33	236	57
Kildare	Gross Gain	355	546	339	463	679
Kildare	Gross Losses	-628	-575	-480	-516	-588
Kildare	Net Change	-273	-29	-141	-53	91
Kilkenny	Gross Gain	1	125	80	124	9
Kilkenny	Gross Losses	-14	0	-35	-25	-75
Kilkenny	Net Change	-13	125	45	99	-66
Laois	Gross Gain	2	0	22	9	10
Laois	Gross Losses	-27	-24	0	-28	0
Laois	Net Change	-25	-24	22	-19	10
Leitrim	Gross Gain	24	0	31	4	16
Leitrim	Gross Losses	-197	-189	-298	-40	-4
Leitrim	Net Change	-173	-189	-267	-36	12
Limerick	Gross Gain	317	577	574	764	1,018
Limerick	Gross Losses	-144	-52	-292	-283	-108
Limerick	Net Change	173	525	282	481	910
Longford	Gross Gain	6	44	25	10	46
Longford	Gross Losses	-67	-6	-20	-61	-10
Longford	Net Change	-61	38	5	-51	36
Louth	Gross Gain	264	426	778	494	317
Louth	Gross Losses	-75	-56	-91	-33	-101
Louth	Net Change	189	370	687	461	216
Mayo	Gross Gain	152	96	242	294	159
Mayo	Gross Losses	-106	-73	-51	-90	-110
Mayo	Net Change	46	23	191	204	49
Meath	Gross Gain	88	53	150	69	89
Meath	Gross Losses	-32	-132	-58	-72	-70
Meath	Net Change	56	-79	92	-3	19
Monaghan	Gross Gain	0	7	29	13	52
Monaghan	Gross Losses	-66	-11	-12	-103	-181
Monaghan	Net Change	-66	-4	17	-90	-129
Offaly	Gross Gain	41	54	21	44	58
Offaly	Gross Losses	-76	0	-26	-50	-46
Offaly	Net Change	-35	54	-5	-6	12
Roscommon	Gross Gain	96	59	29	45	99
Roscommon	Gross Losses	-4	0	0	-129	-30
Roscommon	Net Change	92	59	29	-84	69
Sligo	Gross Gain	187	163	184	65	132
Sligo	Gross Losses	-61	-215	-351	-94	-164
Sligo	Net Change	126	-52	-167	-29	-32
Tipperary North Riding	Gross Gain	22	1	15	0	25
Tipperary North Riding	Gross Losses	-2	-8	-3	-8	-5
Tipperary North Riding	Net Change	20	-7	12	-8	20
Tipperary South Riding	Gross Gain	25	67	180	229	70
Tipperary South Riding	Gross Losses	-301	-69	-518	-38	-116
Tipperary South Riding	Net Change	-276	-2	-338	191	-46
Waterford	Gross Gain	173	137	191	353	536
Waterford	Gross Losses	-1,066	-284	-120	-288	-122
Waterford	Net Change	-893	-147	71	65	414
Westmeath	Gross Gain	161	177	131	261	212
Westmeath	Gross Losses	-68	-38	-177	-37	-79
Westmeath	Net Change	93	139	-46	224	133
Wexford	Gross Gain	111	100	149	196	101
Wexford	Gross Losses	-110	-136	-86	-106	-118
Wexford	Net Change	1	-36	63	90	-17
Wicklow	Gross Gain	84	105	73	35	49
Wicklow	Gross Losses	-265	-105	-57	-108	-178
Wicklow	Net Change	-181	0	16	-73	-129
Total	Gross Gain	14,504	15,265	14,220	16,023	18,983
Total	Gross Losses	-8,832	-8,263	-6,958	-7,841	-7,150
Total	Net Change	5,672	7,002	7,262	8,182	11,833