Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by Local Enterprise Offices on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28562/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The 2014 annual results for the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) show that 4,012 extra jobs were created by companies supported by the Department of Jobs through the LEOs. The results, which were compiled by the Enterprise Ireland Centre of Excellence, using the same systems as applied to the Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland annual results, show that at the end of 2014, total direct employment among the 6,058 LEO client companies stood at 31,326.

The results also show:

- A total of 7,305 new jobs created during 2014, in gross terms

- Taking into account losses, a net increase of 4,012, or 14%, in the numbers of people at work in these companies

- Jobs growth happened during 2014 in every county of the country in companies supported by LEOs

Data on 2015 is not yet available.

LEO Employment 2014 - by NUTS III Region