Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of manufacturing jobs created in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which existing jobs were lost in the same period and the net gain or loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30606/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Forfás Strategy on Manufacturing, which was launched in April 2013, identified that a total of 205,700 people were directly employed in Manufacturing and that a similar number of jobs were indirectly supported. The following table, compiled from the Forfás Annual Employment Survey data, gives details of job gains and losses for the manufacturing sector, over the last five years, on a regional basis, in client companies of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. Data for non-agency supported companies is not available in this format. However, at the end of 2013, Central Statistics Office Data (Quarterly National Household Survey, Q 4 2013) shows that a total of 215,900 were directly employed in the sector, a rise of 10,200 on that earlier figure. When account is taken of indirect jobs, the position is that the Manufacturing sector supports over 430,000 jobs (end 2013).

The Manufacturing sector had lost 50,000 jobs in the years up to 2010. However, as both sets of data show, the sector has seen a return to growth in employment over the last few years. Overall, steady progress is being made towards reaching the target of 20,000 new jobs by 2016, which the Government has set in relation to the job creation potential in Manufacturing.

Manufacturing employment in IDA and Enterprise Ireland Companies