Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs welcomed by his Department for each of the past three years, and the number of these additional jobs in situ by the end of each year. [51899/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I welcome all announcements concerning the creation of jobs. All press releases relating to job creation issued by my Department’s Press Office are available at www.enterprise.gov.ie/Press-Releases. Details of Enterprise Ireland’s job and investment announcements to end October 2012, and those of IDA Ireland and Shannon Development, are published on their respective websites – www.enterprise-ireland.com; www.idaireland.ie and www.shannon-dev.ie. However, I should point out that some investment and job creation projects in client companies are not announced by these agencies, for example, in cases where the company involved does not wish this to happen.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on jobs created in companies that are supported by the Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. The figures in respect of 2009, 2010 and 2011 are set out in the Tables accompanying this reply. As this data is compiled on an annualised basis, the figures in respect of 2012 will not be available until early 2013. It is not possible to provide information in respect of individual companies as such information is provided by the client companies on a confidential basis and for statistical purposes only.

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