Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by sector and salary scale in each of the past four years to date; the number of jobs lost by sector and salary scale in the same period; the extent to which evidence exists as to the long term sustainability of jobs created in the period in question; if it is expected to pursue any particular policy arising from the experience of the past four years; if manufacturing or the services sectors have shown a greater potential for recovery, job creation or expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41638/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Forfás Annual Employment Survey collates data on numbers employed in enterprise agency supported companies on an annual basis; however no data is compiled in relation to salary scales. Whole of economy data in relation to overall employment by sector and average pay by sector is available from the CSO’s website in the Quarterly National Household Survey and the Earnings and Labour Costs releases respectively.

The data on full-time agency supported employment in respect of jobs created and lost in the period 2008-2011 is set out on the table below by broad industrial sector.

The data indicates that after three years of heavy job losses in the period 2008-2010, the situation improved significantly in 2011 with a net overall increase of 4,439 full-time jobs in agency-supported employment. This improvement is apparent across all sectors. However, the International Services sector in particular shows a net increase of 3,752 in the numbers employed in 2011. It is also worth noting that the net change in the Manufacturing Sector showed only a slight reduction in numbers employed in 2011 in comparison to losses of almost 38,000 sustained in the previous three years.

The Action Plan for Jobs identifies a number of key targeted sectors in the Manufacturing and Services areas with the potential to create significant sustainable employment. The Action Plan identifies the challenges facing each sector and sets out the measures required to ensure these sectors achieve their potential. Ensuring that all of the measures in the 2012 Action Plan - and in the Action Plans for subsequent years - are implemented will provide the best means of ensuring that employment opportunities are maximised in each sector.

Full-Time Job Gains and Job Losses in Enterprise Agencies assisted companies