Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector in each of the past five years to date; the number of jobs created in the same period; the future expectations for the continuation of the trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48694/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy, as ascertained from the Annual Employment Survey undertaken by Forfás (now incorporated into my Department), is given in the following table. As clearly illustrated, there were very significant net job losses in the Manufacturing Sector for the years 2009 and 2010, as had also been the case in the previous few years also. This negative trend was reversed in 2011 and a positive net position has continued in the last 2 years also. To address this decline, I initiated the development of a new Manufacturing Strategy (completed in 2013) and also an in-depth analysis of the Skills Needs of the sector, which was also finalised last year. Implementation of the key recommendations of both these reports is underway, especially through the Action Plan for Jobsprocess and I am confident that we can continue to enhance the development of Manufacturing in Ireland, thereby pursuing additional job creation in that sector.



Manufacturing jobs lost and gained 2009 – 2013

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of indigenous jobs lost and created in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past five years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48695/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to support indigenous industry, working with entrepreneurs, Irish businesses, and the research and investment communities to develop Ireland’s international trade, innovation, and competitiveness. The ultimate objective is increased employment and prosperity in Ireland. Enterprise Ireland works with High Potential Start-up’s (HPSUs) with a capability to start a business and sell in export markets, Small and Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in manufacturing and internationally traded services, large companies employing 250 or more, and, Irish-based food and natural resource companies that are overseas owned or controlled. Every year my Department, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, conducts an Annual Employment survey. The results for the 2014 survey will be available in January 2015.

Table 1 refers to the full time indigenous job losses and gains for the Manufacturing and Services sectors for the last 5 years based on the 2013 Annual Employment Survey of Enterprise Ireland’s clients.

The recently established Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) provide financial support to enterprises in the manufacturing or internationally traded services sector, which over time, can develop into strong export entities and graduate to the Enterprise Ireland portfolio.

Information in relation to the number of jobs created, jobs lost and net jobs by the LEOs – formerly County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) - for the years 2010-2013 are set out in Table 2. Statistical information for the LEOs/CEBs is collated on an annual basis so details in relation to 2014 are not yet available. Prior to 2010, CEBs reported jobs data on a different basis i.e. only on the number of jobs existing in CEB supported companies and the change in this figure since the previous year.

LEO data is not disaggregated between Manufacturing and Services sectors. The Deputy should note that the figure for the net number of jobs is determined by the sum of the number of net full-time jobs and half of the number of part-time jobs for each year in question.

Table 1 : Enterprise Ireland