Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of net new jobs created in each of the past 12 months to date in both the manufacturing and services sectors; the extent to which it is expected to capitalise further in this regard in the coming year, sector by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42703/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The most up to date figures available for job creation in the manufacturing and services sector are included in the Forfas Employment Survey 2012. There is no data available on a month to month basis for each of these sectors.

In relation to the Manufacturing sector, the total number of jobs lost in 2012 was 7,987; the number of jobs gained in 2012 was 10,704. Therefore the total net new full-time jobs created in manufacturing for 2012 is 2,717.

The Action Plan for Jobs 2012 included a series of actions to address the Manufacturing Sector, in order to exploit the advances in manufacturing technology, and to build and maintain a strong base of manufacturing activity. This developed as a result of the challenges facing the sector and of the imperative of supporting the employment levels in that sector. t is our ambition to create an additional 20,000 jobs by 2016.

It is important to retain focus on sustaining what we have, currently there are now 205,700 people directly employed in manufacturing (both full-time and part-time), and a similar number of people employed indirectly: the total supported within the sector is therefore just over 400,000.

The Services sector accounts for two thirds of total employment within Ireland. While the majority of service firms are not supported by the State, in respect of agency supported companies, the total number of jobs lost in 2012 was 6,950; the number of jobs gained in 2012 was 13,229. Therefore the total net new full-time jobs created in the agency supported service industry for 2012 is 6,279.

The 2013 Action Plan for Jobs outlines a range of sectoral initiatives to facilitate new and established companies grow in the Services sector with particular focus on International Financial Services, Business Process Outsourcing/Shared Services, Education Services, Retail and Wholesale, Tourism, Construction Services and ICT Services.