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Enterprise Ireland Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 May 2018

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Ceisteanna (125)

Maurice Quinlivan

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125. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland jobs created per county in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22776/18]

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On 3 January 2018, Enterprise Ireland announced its 2017 end year results. The 2017 performance was strong, reporting the highest employment in the history of the agency, the highest net job creation in the history of the agency and the lowest number of job losses since 1998.  In 2017, Enterprise Ireland supported client companies employed 209,338 people. 19,332 new jobs were created by Enterprise Ireland backed companies in 2017.

We are seeing growth in traditional industry sectors such as construction and manufacturing as well as in the Digital Technology and Life Sciences sectors. These innovative companies are located across the entire country providing quality jobs in every county.

Job creation was evenly spread across the country, with every county seeing job increases in EI supported firms. Two thirds (64%) of the new jobs created were outside of Dublin. The West, Mid-West and North West saw the largest level of increases at 7% in 2017.

Enterprise Ireland attributes this strong performance by Irish businesses to the continuing growth of an entrepreneurial climate for start-ups, allied to strong jobs growth in the Construction (8% increase), Engineering (8% increase), Lifesciences (8% increase), Digital Technology (6% increase), Electronics (6% increase), Food (4% increase) and ICT sectors (5% increase).

The following table breaks down by county the jobs created in 2017 in Enterprise Ireland supported companies.

County

Total Jobs Gain in 2017 from 2016 = Permanent Full-Time (PFT) and Other Jobs

Carlow

          250

Cavan

          434

Clare

          339

Cork

         2,214

Donegal

          375

Dublin

         6,921

Galway

         1,044

Kerry

          415

Kildare

          673

Kilkenny

          340

Laois

          168

Leitrim

          100

Limerick

          879

Longford

          174

Louth

          656

Mayo

          322

Meath

          651

Monaghan

          494

Offaly

          433

Roscommon

          127

Sligo

          212

Tipperary

          574

Waterford

          482

Westmeath

          342

Wexford

          342

Wicklow

          371

Grand Total

      19,332

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