Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created indigenously and through foreign direct investment in the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Government's Action Plan for Jobs is centred on rebuilding a sustainable economy based on enterprise and exports. Exporting companies supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through its agencies have recorded three strong years of employment growth, both in the creation of new jobs and in the terms of overall net change in employment when account is taken of job losses in the enterprise base. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey provides an analysis of employment levels in industrial and services companies under the remit of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey for 2013 showed employment in enterprise development agency assisted companies at 303,155, an increase of 8,579 jobs in total permanent full-time employment. There was also an increase in part-time employment of 3,827 jobs to 46,167 in the same year. This continues the trend in positive employment growth since 2011. Total full-time employment and part time employment increased by 8,188 and 903 respectively in 2012 and by 4,338 and 2,707 respectively in 2011.

In terms of gross new jobs supported by the enterprise agencies, among indigenous firms there were 13,444 and 5,708 full and part time new or gross jobs created in 2013 respectively. In 2012 there were increases of 12,925 and 4,944 full and part time jobs respectively and 13,426 and 4,870 respectively in 2011.

In relation to new gross new jobs in foreign-owned firms, in 2013 there were 10,451 and 4,940 full and part time new jobs created respectively. In 2012 there were 12,982 and 4,827 full and part time new jobs created respectively, up from 12,503 and 5,413 full and part time new jobs created respectively in 2011.

Taking account of job losses among agency assisted firms provides the figures for the annual net change in employment. Among indigenous firms assisted by the enterprise development agencies the net change in full-time employment in 2013 was 4,361 and the net change in part employment was 1,765. In 2012 the net change in full and part time employment among indigenous agency supported firms was 2,408 and -103 respectively and the figures for 2011 were 500 net change in full time employment and 1,228 net change in part time employment.

Among foreign direct investment enterprises, the net change in full and part time employment in 2013 was 4,218 and 2,095 respectively, while in 2012 the net change was 5,780 and 1,006 in full and part time employment respectively. The figures for 2011 were a net change in full time employment of 3,838 and of 1,479 in part time employment.