Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Industrial Development Agency client visits by county and in the case of Dublin, a break down between Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/15]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs by county and in the case of Dublin, a break down between Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/15]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form, the total number of jobs created and the total number of jobs lost in Industrial Development Agency supported companies on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a break down between Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 235, 236 and 254 together.

The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on the number of jobs gained and lost in the enterprise development agencies. Data is gathered on an annual basis and aggregated at county level. It is therefore not possible to provide separate figues for Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin, as requested by the Deputy. The survey shows that over the past three years there have been a total of 45,331 gross new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies. The attached tabular statement (A) shows, on a county by county basis the total number IDA client company jobs in each of the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 as well as the number of jobs created and lost in each of those years.

I am informed by IDA Ireland that site sponsored visits by potential investors are tracked on a county by county basis only and during 2012, 2013 and 2014 there were a total of 1,063 such visits to various locations across the country. Details of the number of site visits during this period are set out in the attached tabular statement (B). It must also be remembered that decisions as to where to visit and where to locate is ultimately a matter for the investor.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is key to Ireland’s economic recovery. I am glad to inform the Deputy that IDA Ireland’s end of year results show that 2014 was another record year for investment wins and job creation, with over 7,000 net new jobs being created in the Agency’s client companies. Total employment at IDA Ireland client companies now stands at 174,488 people, the highest level in the history of IDA Ireland.

I have been working with my Department on the development on a framework for the formulation of Regional Enterprise Strategies that will enable us to identify the sustainable competitive strengths of each region and to better integrate the efforts of the enterprise development agencies and other regional stakeholders in supporting enterprise growth and jobs in areas of potential. A key element of this process is the Regional Enterprise Forum, which I chairedin Athlone on 19 December last. I hope to publish the framework strategy shortly. The Regional strategy will be rolled out firstly in the Midlands before being rolled out in other regions and will include specific actions and targets on the part of my Department, the enterprise development agencies and other public bodies to promote enterprise growth and job creation in the region.

TABLE A

Table shows the total number of IDA Ireland jobs, number of jobs created and lost in 2012, 2013 and 2014