Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a projection of the number of posts that will be filled by recruits from here to the jobs recently announced by Electronic Arts in Galway. [40397/12]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of unemployed people with the necessary skills to fill the new posts announced by Electronic Arts in Galway. [40398/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together.

On 18th September 2012, An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny T.D. announced the creation of 300 new jobs for Electronic Arts’ (EA) European Customer Experience Centre of Excellence in Galway. The new jobs are being supported by IDA Ireland. The jobs announced will come on stream within a 3 to 5 year period, in line with the company’s business plan, and will be filled by the appropriately qualified personnel. Building on the foundation of its existing facility, EA will now provide multilingual international customer support and services for its major game titles. EA has stated that the European Customer Experience Centre is a key element of its strategy to serve gamers on a global basis. The company wishes to engage with its worldwide customer base on a 24/7 basis, across all of EA’s games and services and in multiple languages in today’s fast-moving digital environment. I am delighted that this is another vote of confidence by a major player in the Games Sector in the attractiveness and competitiveness of Ireland as an investment location and in Galway as a location of choice.