Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2019
564. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by IDA Ireland client companies in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number of jobs in client companies in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19072/19]
View answerMy Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. As reflected in IDA Ireland's annual results for 2018, significant progress is being made with 58% of all IDA-supported employment now outside of Dublin. This represents the highest number of people employed by IDA clients outside of the capital in the Agency's history. The last year has also seen more IDA jobs added in the regions than at any time over the past 17 years. I am determined, together with the IDA, to see this trend continue and we will be doing everything possible to encourage more firms to invest further in the regions.
The table below shows the number of IDA supported jobs by county in 2017 and 2018.
|
County |
2017 |
2018 |
|
Cavan |
1,155 |
1,096 |
|
Donegal |
3,392 |
3,564 |
|
Leitrim |
884 |
909 |
|
Louth |
3,764 |
3,903 |
|
Monaghan |
150 |
162 |
|
Sligo |
2,238 |
2,251 |
|
Dublin |
90,529 |
96,760 |
|
Kildare |
8,452 |
8,838 |
|
Meath |
1,565 |
1,632 |
|
Wicklow |
2,230 |
2,618 |
|
Laois |
134 |
122 |
|
Longford |
745 |
900 |
|
Offaly |
1,167 |
1,232 |
|
Westmeath |
2,973 |
3,466 |
|
Clare |
7,006 |
6,948 |
|
Limerick |
10,607 |
11,796 |
|
Tipperary North Riding |
335 |
204 |
|
Carlow |
875 |
1,150 |
|
Kilkenny |
716 |
711 |
|
Tipperary South Riding |
3,330 |
3,516 |
|
Waterford |
6,690 |
7,064 |
|
Wexford |
2,987 |
3,139 |
|
Cork |
36,780 |
38,867 |
|
Kerry |
2,187 |
2,241 |
|
Galway |
18,503 |
19,969 |
|
Mayo |
4,484 |
4,828 |
|
Roscommon |
1,139 |
1,171 |
|
Total |
215,017 |
229,057 |
