Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013

10:00 am

Mr. Niall O'Donnellan:

The question is what the current cost per job is trying to capture. It is trying to capture the long-term impact of the jobs and the investment. That is why that figure is as it is. It is not an issue in terms of looking at it and seeing what it tells us on an annual basis. Of course it will fluctuate more on an annual basis.