Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
45. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of firms in the manufacturing sector in Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the percentage of Irish-owned companies representing this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1733/23]
View answerMy Department has responsibility for collating and publishing official statistics on clients of the enterprise development agencies, namely, Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The CSO is responsible for collating official statistics on all firms in Ireland. Table 1 below shows the number of firms in the Manufacturing sectors (NACE C) in Ireland for the years 2017-2020. Data for 2021 and 2022 is not yet available.
Table 1: Number of Manufacturing Firms in Ireland, 2017-2020
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
|
Manufacturing (C) |
16,701 |
16,542 |
16,461 |
16,894 |
Source: CSO, Business Demography Statistics
The CSO does not provide a breakdown of this data by ownership, i.e. Irish/Foreign owned. However, we do have this information for clients of the enterprise agencies (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, and Údarás na Gaeltachta). Table 2 below shows the number of enterprise agency clients in the manufacturing sectors by ownership. Data for 2022 is not yet available.
Table 2: Number of Manufacturing Firms, Enterprise Agency Clients, 2017-2021
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
|
Foreign Owned |
546 |
549 |
547 |
546 |
538 |
|
Irish Owned |
2,633 |
2,535 |
2,508 |
2,373 |
2,354 |
|
Grand Total |
3,179 |
3,084 |
3,055 |
2,919 |
2,892 |
|
Percentage Irish Owned |
82.8% |
82.2% |
82.1% |
81.3% |
81.4% |
Source: DETE, Annual Employment Survey.
