The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on a county by county basis. Similarly IDA sponsored site visits to locations countrywide are tracked on a county by county basis
Details of the number of IDA supported jobs and site visits by potential investors to locations in Ireland on a county by county basis in each of the years 2011 and 2012 is set out in the following tabular statement.
The IDA end of year results which were published earlier this month show that 2012 was one of the best years for foreign direct investment in recent times with a net job creation figure of 6,570 the highest in a decade.
Table showing the number of jobs in IDA Ireland client companies on a county by county basis for 2011 and 2012
|
County
|
2011
|
2012
|
|
Carlow
|
514
|
645
|
|
Cavan
|
1104
|
1065
|
|
Clare
|
1,313
|
1,351
|
|
Cork
|
25,086
|
26,257
|
|
Donegal
|
2,106
|
2,228
|
|
Dublin
|
27,083
|
60,793
|
|
Galway
|
12,200
|
12,896
|
|
Kerry
|
1,497
|
1,603
|
|
Kildare
|
10,393
|
10,176
|
|
Kilkenny
|
447
|
580
|
|
Laois
|
108
|
84
|
|
Leitrim
|
903
|
714
|
|
Limerick
|
6,503
|
6,996
|
|
Longford
|
658
|
689
|
|
Louth
|
1,453
|
1,798
|
|
Mayo
|
3,514
|
3,534
|
|
Meath
|
1,270
|
1,204
|
|
Monaghan
|
352
|
348
|
|
Offaly
|
847
|
901
|
|
Roscommon
|
938
|
1,002
|
|
Sligo
|
2,309
|
2,257
|
|
Tipp North
|
301
|
294
|
|
Tipp South
|
3,395
|
3,393
|
|
Waterford
|
5,196
|
5,030
|
|
Westmeath
|
2,156
|
2,444
|
|
Wexford
|
2,328
|
2,236
|
|
Wicklow
|
2,241
|
2,267
|
Table of IDA sponsored Site Visits on a County by County Basis for 2011 and 2012
|
County
|
2011
|
2012
|
|
Carlow
|
2
|
4
|
|
Cavan
|
0
|
3
|
|
Clare
|
15
|
14
|
|
Cork
|
27
|
38
|
|
Donegal
|
2
|
1
|
|
Dublin
|
150
|
196
|
|
Galway
|
35
|
18
|
|
Kerry
|
2
|
1
|
|
Kildare
|
3
|
1
|
|
Kilkenny
|
0
|
3
|
|
Laois
|
2
|
0
|
|
Leitrim
|
0
|
0
|
|
Limerick
|
40
|
30
|
|
Longford
|
0
|
0
|
|
Louth
|
26
|
12
|
|
Mayo
|
0
|
1
|
|
Meath
|
2
|
0
|
|
Monaghan
|
1
|
0
|
|
Offaly
|
1
|
3
|
|
Roscommon
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sligo
|
3
|
6
|
|
Tipperary
|
1
|
5
|
|
Waterford
|
11
|
26
|
|
Westmeath
|
15
|
7
|
|
Wexford
|
0
|
3
|
|
Wicklow
|
3
|
6
|
The following revised reply was received on 24 January 2013.
The correct figure for the number of jobs in IDA client companies in Dublin in 2011 is 57,083.
