Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Job Creation
12:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in the service sectors throughout Ireland in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the number of jobs last in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5290/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Industrial Development Agency employment figures are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which details employment figures up until 2008. The 2009 employment figures are currently being compiled and are due to be published at the end of February 2010. Details of the agency employment figures are set out in the following tabular statement.
Statistical information in relation to County and City Enterprise Boards is collated annually. My Department does not collect or retain information on the number of specific job losses in County and City Enterprise Board assisted companies nor is such information retained on a sectoral basis. However the cumulative figures for the jobs existing in County and City Enterprise Board assisted companies is set out in the following tabular statement for the five years to end 2008. Figures in respect of 2009 are currently being collated and should be available in early February 2010.
The Government through the state development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland together with the County and City Enterprise Boards and Shannon Development, are committed to promoting Ireland as a location of choice for job creation and enterprise development.
| Industrial Development Agency Employment Figures | |||||
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Services - Full time jobs created | 10,972 | 11,221 | 12,515 | 13,279 | 11,018 |
| Services - Part time/temp jobs created | 4,849 | 3,764 | 3,427 | 3,896 | 3,996 |
| Services - Total jobs created | 15,821 | 14,985 | 15,942 | 17,175 | 15,014 |
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Services - Job losses full time jobs | -8,720 | -8,381 | -6,540 | -8,396 | -8,243 |
| Services - Job losses part time/ temp jobs | -3,603 | -4,162 | -3,022 | -3,883 | -4,299 |
| Services - Total job losses | -12,323 | -12,543 | -9,562 | -12,279 | -12,542 |
| County and City Enterprise Boards | end 2004 | end 2005 | end 2006 | end 2007 | end 2008 |
| Number of jobs existing in CEB-supported companies | 28,296 | 30,234 | 32,279 | 34,545.5 | 33,811 |
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of manufacturing jobs created here in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the number of jobs lost in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5291/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Industrial Development Agency employment figures are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which details employment figures up until 2008. The 2009 employment figures are currently being compiled and are due to be published at the end of February 2010. Details of the agency employment figures are set out in the following tabular statement.
Statistical information in relation to County and City Enterprise Boards is collated annually. My Department does not collect or retain information on the number of specific job losses in County and City Enterprise Board assisted companies nor is such information retained on a sectoral basis. However the cumulative figures for the jobs existing in County and City Enterprise Board assisted companies is set out in the following tabular statement for the five years to end 2008. Figures in respect of 2009 are currently being collated and should be available in early February 2010.
The Government through the state development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland together with the County and City Enterprise Boards and Shannon Development, are committed to marketing Ireland as a location of choice for investment, enterprise development and employment creation.
| Industrial Development Agency Employment Figures | |||||
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Manufacturing - Full time jobs created | 14,120 | 16,614 | 16,324 | 14,188 | 10,363 |
| Manufacturing - Part time/temp jobs created | 6,582 | 6,835 | 6,444 | 5,187 | 4,497 |
| Manufacturing - Total jobs created | 20,702 | 23,449 | 22,768 | 19,375 | 14,860 |
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Manufacturing - Job losses full time jobs | -17,878 | -15,609 | -15,718 | -16,870 | -21,838 |
| Manufacturing - Job losses part time/temp jobs | -5,598 | -6,339 | -6,841 | -6,076 | -7,905 |
| Manufacturing – Total job losses | -23,476 | -21,948 | -22,559 | -22,946 | -29,743 |
| County and City Enterprise Boards | end 2004 | end 2005 | end 2006 | end 2007 | end 2008 |
| Number of jobs existing in CEB-supported companies | 28,296 | 30,234 | 32,279 | 34,545.5 | 33,811 |
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