Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by multinational companies which have located here for each year since 2005 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16725/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Over the three year period 2005- 2007, a total of 65 multinational companies set up operations in this country with support from IDA Ireland and Shannon Development and with the potential to create 1,827 jobs.

In the same period, the total number of new jobs created in multinational companies supported by IDA Ireland and Shannon Development was 34,406. Many of these jobs were associated with projects announced prior to the period in question or with projects that were not announced at all. Figures in relation to 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The annual breakdown of these figures is set out in tabular statement 1. This information is taken from the Forfás Annual Employment Survey. Information on job numbers is gathered on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only.

Since the beginning of 2008 there have been 5 announcements relating to new multinational, greenfield start-ups with a potential to create 595 new jobs with IDA support, while in the same period, 9 companies have announced expansions with a potential to create an additional 1,016 jobs. The names of these companies, together with the location and estimated job numbers that have been announced, are set out in tabular statements 2 and 3.