Written answers
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
IDA Site Visits
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client site visits that occurred in each county in the State in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown by sector; the number of new IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of existing IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of new IDA jobs created in each county in the State in 2014; the rate of IDA job creation against jobs announced in each county in the State since 2011. [1284/15]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by IDA Ireland that data in relation to IDA sponsored site visits by potential investors is provided on a county by county basis and not broken down by sector. The attached tabular statement (A) sets out, on a county by county basis, the number of site visits by potential investors during 2014.
2014 was a record year for IDA Ireland with 197 investments being secured for Ireland and 15,012 gross new jobs being created in IDA Ireland client companies. There was a notable rise in new name investments with 88 new name investments being secured in 2014. For a variety of reasons many companies do not wish for any publicity surrounding a proposed investments and many projects proceed without being publicly announced. During 2014, there were only 66 investment announcements, of which 38 were new projects with the balance being made up of expansion projects. The announcements lists for the period 2011 to 2014 are attached at Table B.
In relation to the impact of those investments, it is important to acknowledge the natural time lag between an announcement of an investment and the coming on stream of that project which can be between 3 and 5 years in some cases. That time is required for such activities as locating and acquiring a suitable site for the company’s operations, constructing a facility, installing machinery and the recruitment and training of suitable staff.
Because of the time lag it is not possible to compare the numbers of jobs announced with the numbers of jobs created. In any given year the number of jobs created exceeds the number of jobs announced. Taking 2014 as an example the job announcements indicated a potential job creation figure in region of 7,000 jobs whereas the actual number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies in 2014 was in fact 15,012.
The level of investments coming on stream is best measured by the number of new jobs created in any given year as recorded in the Forfas Annual Employment Survey. Table C attached sets out, on a county by county basis, the number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies in each of the years 2011 to 2014.
TABLE ASITE VISITS BY COUNTY
County | 2014 |
---|---|
Carlow | 2 |
Cavan | 1 |
Clare | 9 |
Cork | 30 |
Donegal | 6 |
Dublin | 205 |
Galway | 19 |
Kerry | 3 |
Kildare | 1 |
Kilkenny | 4 |
Laois | 0 |
Leitrim | 2 |
Limerick | 22 |
Longford | 0 |
Louth | 10 |
Mayo | 4 |
Meath | 2 |
Monaghan | 0 |
Offaly | 1 |
Roscommon | 0 |
Sligo | 7 |
Tipperary | 3 |
Waterford | 11 |
Westmeath | 12 |
Wexford | 1 |
Wicklow | 4 |
Table B: IDA Ireland - Announcement List of Investments in 2011
DATE | COMPANY | LOCATION | ORIGIN | INVEST | JOBS | PROJECT ACTIVITY |
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10/01/11 | Murex | Dublin | France | 30 | Expansion of Financial Software systems development centre | |
15/01/11 | Intel | Leixlip, Co Kildare | US | $500M | 850 construction 200 manufacturing | Upgrade of manufacturing facility |
20/01/11 | Quest Software | Citygate, Mahon, Cork | US | 150 jobs | Establishing Shared Services Centre | |
21/01/11 | Valeo | Tuam, Galway | France | €17m | 100 jobs | Expanding facility and R&D |
08/02/11 | Allergan | Westport, Co Mayo | US | 20 manufacturing jobs | Expansion of Manufacturing facility | |
14/02/11 | Fidelity | Galway and Dublin | US | €11m | 100 technology jobs | Expanding Technology centres |
16/02/11 | PayPal | Dublin | US | 150 customer support positions | European operations and customer service headquarters | |
16/01/11 | AMS | Athlone, Co Westmeath | US | €4.6m | 50 jobs | Manufacturing operation |
02/03/11 | Kelcourt | Tullamore, Co Offaly | US | 55 jobs | Manufacturing operation | |
15/03/11 | Zenimax | Galway | US | Hundreds of jobs | Customer Support operation | |
24/03/11 | Metal Improvement Company | Galway | US | 20-30 jobs | Technical manufacturing | |
30/03/11 | Dublin | US | 100 jobs | Sales, business development, marketing and customer services | ||
04/04/11 | EMC | Cork | US | Expansion of R& D centre | ||
05/04/11 | Avaya | Galway | US | 75 jobs | Customer Experience Centre | |
06/04/11 | Asset Control | Dublin | US | 50 jobs | Technology centre of excellence | |
06/04/11 | Bausch and Lomb | Waterford | US | $100 m | Medical Technologies Company Manufacturing Industry | |
13/04/11 | HP | Galway | US | 50 jobs | Cloud Services centre | |
15/04/11 | FMC | Cork | US | Expansion (Biopharma services and food) | ||
19/04/11 | Gilt Groupe | Limerick and Dublin | US | 100-200 jobs | International HQ and Software development centre & Customer support centre | |
26/04/11 | NEI | Galway | US | 50 jobs | Integration & Support Operations Centre | |
12/05/11 | Easylink | Clonakilty Co Cork | US | 20 jobs | E-commerce solutions | |
13/05/11 | NPD | Athlone, Co Westmeath | US | 100 jobs | Consumer and retail tracking market research | |
16/05/11 | Harmac | Castlerea, Co Roscommon | US | 100 jobs | Manufacturer of medical devices | |
18/05/11 | McAfee | Cork | US | 6M | 30jobs | Software |
30/05/11 | Marketo | Dublin | US | 125 jobs | Software | |
06/06/11 | Mycroft | Waterford City | US | 50 jobs | Software | |
07/06/11 | Dell | Dublin /Limerick | US | 150 jobs | Cloud Computing | |
08/06/11 | Teleflex | Limerick | US | 80 jobs | Medical Devices manufacturing | |
10/06/11 | Zynga | Dublin | US | Social Gaming Company New European Centre | ||
13/6/11 | Aspect | Galway | US | Software Two new centres (Technical Support, Software production and shared services) | ||
14/06/11 | Aruba Networks | Cork | US | 40 jobs | IT | |
15/06/11 | BNY Mellon | Dublin | US | 50 jobs | Financial Services | |
17/06/11 | Ericsson | Athlone | Sweden | 100 jobs | Software | |
21/06/11 | Symantec | Dublin | US | 60 jobs | Software | |
22/06/11 | MSD | Cork | US | €28.6m | 70 jobs | Biopharma |
23/06/11 | Butterfield Fulcrum | Dublin | 60 jobs | Fund Administration | ||
23/06/11 | BioMarin | Cork | US | $48.5 | 100 jobs | Biopharma |
01/07/11 | Alere | Galway | US | 100 jobs | International Business Service | |
17/07/11 | SAP | Dublin and Galway | Germany | 100 jobs | Software | |
20/07/11 | Analog | Limerick | US | €50m | 100 jobs | ICT Research and Development Centre |
21/07/11 | BSB | Dublin | Belgium | 120 jobs | Software | |
21/07/11 | Allianz | Dublin | Germany | 50 jobs | International Health Insurer | |
21/07/11 | Sangart | Cork | US | 120 manufacturing jobs and 125 construction | Biopharma European headquarters and Commercial Manufacturing facility | |
21/07/11 | Wolters Kluwer | Dublin | Netherlands | 13 RD&I jobs | Financial Services Research and Development investment | |
04/08/11 | Delcath | Galway | US | A number of marketing, sales, and logistic support jobs | Pharma and Medical Devices European Headquarters | |
04/08/11 | EADS/ Eurocopter | Dublin | Establishment of Eurocopter international customer support centre | |||
08/08/11 | Boston Scientific | Tipperary | US | €26m | Expansion of Medical Technologies R&D | |
09/08/11 | PayPal | Dublin | US | 200 jobs | Expansion of Customer Service and Operations at its European Centre of Excellence | |
30/08/11 | Kirchoff | Donegal | Germany | 30th Anniversary celebration | ||
31/08/11 | Citrix | Dublin | US | 50 jobs | Expansion of Customer Technical Support and Education Services for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters | |
01/09/11 | CareFusion | Galway | US | 35 jobs | 35 jobs established at manufacturing centre of excellence | |
06/09/11 | HP | Galway | US | Celebration of 40 years of innovation and transformation in Galway | ||
15/09/11 | VMware | Cork | US | 250 jobs | Expansion and opening of new office for virtualization and cloud infrastructure | |
16/09/11 | Coca Cola | Wexford and Louth | US | $300m | 100 jobs | Opening of new Wexford manufacturing/ innovation facility and expansion of Drogheda Global Shared Services Centre |
20/09/11 | Pfizer | Dublin | US | $200m | 400 construction jobs | Investment in Grange Castle biotechnology manufacturing facility |
20/09/11 | HCL | Dublin | India | 80 jobs | Establishment of Software Delivery Centre | |
21/09/11 | arvato Finance | Dublin | German | 150 jobs | Business process outsourcing | |
22/09/11 | MSD | Tipperary | US | €100m | Official opening of pharmaceutical R&D centre | |
26/09/11 | Dublin | US | Establishment of international office | |||
26/09/11 | EA and BioWare | Galway | US | 200 jobs | Opening of state-of-the-art customer service centre | |
27/09/11 | D&B | Dublin | US | 75 jobs | Expansion and job creation | |
27/09/11 | Biotrin | Dublin | Italian | 40 jobs | Official opening of new Research, Development and Manufacturing facility | |
28/09/11 | Caci | Dublin | France | €3.2m | Establishment of R&D Centre of Excellence | |
30/09/11 | Dublin | US | €75m | 200 construction jobs 30 full time and contractor jobs | Investment in energy-efficient, air-cooled data centre | |
30/09/11 | JRI-America | Kerry | Japan | 100 jobs | Establishment of software development operation | |
10/10/11 | Allianz Worldwide Care | Dublin | German | 128 jobs | Recruitment of a variety of roles | |
11/10/11 | Genzyme | Waterford | Italian | €150m | Expansion of biotechnology campus | |
18/10/11 | Glass Lewis | Limerick | US | 15 jobs | Opening of international operations centre | |
25/10/11 | HedgeServ | Dublin | US | 300 jobs | Global hedge funds administration | |
26/10/11 | IBM | Dublin | US | 200 jobs | Opening of Smart Cities Technology Centre | |
27/10/11 | Pivot | Galway | Canada | 100 jobs | Opening of Shared Service Centre | |
27/10/11 | Engine Yard | Dublin | US | 30 jobs | Establishing EMEA HQ | |
27/10/11 | Pinger | Dublin | US | 15 jobs | Establishing EMEA HQ and Customer and Technical Support operation | |
27/10/11 | Commence | Dublin | US | 20 jobs | Opening of international office for sales and service of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software | |
14/11/11 | LANDesk Software | Dublin | US | 15 jobs | Establishment of International Financial Services Centre | |
14/11/11 | Prometric | Dundalk | US | 100 jobs | Major Test Development Services Investment | |
16/11/11 | Covidien | Galway & Athlone | US | €25m | Six High-Tech Research and Development Projects | |
21/11/11 | Misys | Dublin | US | 35 jobs | Expansion of R&D team | |
21/11/11 | ON Semiconductor | Limerick | US | €13m | 69 jobs | Expansion of Design Centre |
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