Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Data
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs in each county at the end of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1868/24]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland's 2023 results announced on 15thDecember last, showed 248 investments were won, with just under 19,000 associated jobs. 83 of these were new name investments from companies investing in Ireland for the very first time and 67 were expansions by companies already established here.
Total employment in IDA clients in 2023 remains over the 300,000 mark, although the 2023 figure of 300,583 is down by some 1,014 or 0.3%, when compared against the record highs of 2022. There were 132 regional investments with an associated jobs figure of 10,601, which is 53% of all projects and 56% of all jobs approved. IDA clients now employ 163,471 people regionally, which represents 54% of client employment.
In percentage terms, the strongest regional performance among IDA clients in 2023 has been in the Midlands Region, which is up by 6.5%, followed by the Border Region which is up by 3.8%. While in terms of actual job numbers, the strongest performance was found in the Southwest, with over 1,000 net jobs gained. Dublin experienced a reduction of 1,046 and the Mid-West Region is down 982 – with both regions having a concentration of companies in the tech sector.
Employment in FDI companies now accounts for some 11.3 % of the workforce. Additionally, my Department estimates that for every 10 jobs generated by FDI directly, another eight are created in the wider economy. This translates to over 540,000 direct and indirect jobs supported by FDI at the end of 2023, almost 1/5thof the workforce.
The 2023 results reinforce the scale of the contribution of FDI to Ireland and the role that inward investment continues to play in providing jobs and opportunity for people right across the country, augmenting the indigenous enterprise sector. While the results are reassuring in the context of an increasingly challenging and competitive global environment for enterprise and for FDI, Government is not complacent. Ireland must stay agile and ambitious to win FDI and to these ends, we are committed to delivering the policies set out in the White Paper on Enterprise.
Finally, the number of IDA supported jobs by county, for 2023, is set out in the table below.
County | Total IDA Supported Jobs 2023 |
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Cavan | 821 |
Donegal | 5,036 |
Leitrim | 1,104 |
Monaghan | 283 |
Sligo | 2,929 |
Dublin | 137,112 |
Kildare | 11,909 |
Louth | 3,674 |
Meath | 2,173 |
Wicklow | 2,673 |
Clare | 5,919 |
Limerick | 16,018 |
Tipperary | 5,320 |
Laois | 155 |
Longford | 1,801 |
Offaly | 1,385 |
Westmeath | 4,582 |
Carlow | 1,440 |
Kilkenny | 1,037 |
Waterford | 9,078 |
Wexford | 3,746 |
Cork | 49,253 |
Kerry | 2,043 |
Galway | 24,080 |
Mayo | 5,434 |
Roscommon | 1,578 |
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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452. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland-]supported jobs in each county at the end of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1869/24]
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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It is positive to see Enterprise Ireland supported companies recording jobs growth for the third year in a row and that employment in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland is now at its highest ever level at over 225,000 people. The latest job figures show employment increased across all economic sectors for Enterprise Ireland supported companies. In total, 15,530 new jobs were created in 2023 by companies assisted by EI.
Balanced regional development is being achieved in terms of both new jobs created and total employment: 68% of new jobs created in 2023 in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland were located outside the Dublin region. It is also welcome to note the particularly strong performance of regions outside of Dublin such as the West region (+5%), the North-East region (+5%) and the North-West region (+4%).
Enterprise Ireland surveys its’ portfolio of clients annually to collect employment data and this data is supplied in the table below.
County | No of Companies | 2023 Total Employment |
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Carlow | 68 | 3,916 |
Cavan | 70 | 6,942 |
Clare | 100 | 5,184 |
Cork | 467 | 25,769 |
Donegal | 98 | 3,479 |
Dublin | 1744 | 74,681 |
Galway | 234 | 9,104 |
Kerry | 90 | 4,973 |
Kildare | 158 | 9,436 |
Kilkenny | 82 | 5,630 |
Laois | 39 | 1,867 |
Leitrim | 16 | 880 |
Limerick | 178 | 8,924 |
Longford | 27 | 2,392 |
Louth | 130 | 6,744 |
Mayo | 103 | 6,004 |
Meath | 150 | 7,898 |
Monaghan | 81 | 6,709 |
Offaly | 52 | 4,091 |
Roscommon | 30 | 1,671 |
Sligo | 51 | 2,308 |
Tipperary | 99 | 6,742 |
Waterford | 98 | 7,580 |
Westmeath | 73 | 3,178 |
Wexford | 85 | 5,710 |
Wicklow | 128 | 3,683 |
Grand Total | 4451 | 225,495 |
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