Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the annual number of new jobs announced by the Government between 2011 and 2014; and the number of these jobs that were delivered in the same period. [3485/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the 4 year period 2011 to 2014 inclusive, there were a total of 298 investment announcements with the potential to create in excess of 40,000 jobs. Similarly, in the case of Enterprise Ireland there were 58 investment announcements in the same 4 year period with the potential to create almost 14,000 jobs. In the same four year period there were 59,763 jobs (both full and part time) created in IDA Ireland client companies and 56,865 jobs (both full and part time) created in Enterprise Ireland client companies.

It is important to note that in any given year the numbers of jobs created always exceed the number of jobs announced.

In a great many cases a new investment project progresses without any public announcement. It is a matter for the individual company whether or not to announce an investment project publicly. While some jobs come on stream immediately following an announcement it can take up to 3 to 5 years for jobs to come on stream in other cases. This time lag is necessary to enable premises to be acquired or constructed and for staff to be recruited.

The following tabular statement sets out the number of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland jobs announcements, potential job creation figures and actual job creation figures for each of the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive.