Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to partner with entrepreneurs, Irish businesses, and the research and investment communities to develop Ireland’s international trade, innovation, leadership, and competitiveness with the ultimate objective of job creation. Employment data for Enterprise Ireland is collected annually as part of the Annual Employment Survey which measures the number of jobs in Agency assisted clients. The latest available data is for 2014. The 2015 data will be available in December 2015. Enterprise Ireland-supported companies created 19,705 new jobs in 2014, resulting in a net increase of 8,476 in the number of people employed within their client base. Significantly, clients recorded the lowest level of job losses since 2000. Overall direct employment (full and part-time) in Enterprise Ireland client companies reached 180,072, of which 156,202 were fulltime jobs and 23,870 were part-time and other jobs.

Companies supported by Enterprise Ireland now, directly and indirectly, account for more than 300,000 jobs in the Irish economy – equating to 16% of Ireland’s total workforce. Their total spend in the Irish economy reached €22.9bn in 2014.

Table 1sets out the total employment (permanent full time and other) by county in Enterprise Ireland supported companies and the new jobs created (job gains) in each county for 2014.

“Other jobs” refer to employees who are part-time, temporary, short-term contract and agency workers employed on a part-time or short-term basis or employed on contracts of less than nine months and exclude those based permanently in overseas Offices

Table 1 – Total employment (permanent full time and other) by county in Enterprise Ireland supported companies and new jobs created (job gains) in each county for 2014.