Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency over the past five years and the total number of these additional and new jobs now in place. [51900/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of IDA Ireland’s investment announcements, including potential job numbers over the past 5 years, are available on the IDA website – www.idaireland.com. However, I should point out that some investment and job creation projects in client companies are not announced, for example, in cases where the company involved does not wish this to happen.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. The number of new jobs created in IDA client companies in each of the years 2007 to 2011 is set out in a tabular statement. Figures for 2012 will not be available until the end of the year.

Table showing Number of Jobs created in IDA Supported Companies in each of the years 2007 to 2011 inclusive