Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 25: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs publically announced by the Industrial Development Agency in 2010 and 2011; and the number of persons that have been recruited for each of these years. [27311/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of IDA Ireland's job and investment announcements are available on the Agency's website and show that, in 2010 and 2011 combined, there were 157 such announcements, with the potential to create almost 13,000 jobs.

It is important to point out that there is always a time lag, in the region of 3 to 5 years, between the announcement of jobs and their creation. That time is required for such activities as locating and requiring a suitable site for the company's operations, constructing a facility, installing machinery and recruiting and training staff.

In the same two year period, there were a total of 24,292 jobs created in IDA client companies. Of course, many of these jobs related to projects announced prior to the period in question or not announced at all.