Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of gross jobs created and lost and the net increase in employment by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in supported businesses on a county basis for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2480/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Employment data for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Survey is collected and reported annually. Earlier this month, IDA Ireland announced the highest level of employment in its clients in its 67 year history, with 187,056 people now employed in companies supported by the agency. The following table sets out the employment data on jobs created and lost for the period 2011-2015 from the 2015 survey. In 2015, IDA client companies created 18,983 new jobs across a range of sectors, with every region of Ireland posting net employment gains. The total annual net job gain amounted to 11,833. For the period from 2011 to 2015, IDA Ireland client companies created 78,995 new jobs with job losses for the same period amounting to 39,044 which represents a net increase in employment of 39,951.

Our work in continuing to attract international investment in Ireland will be guided by both my Department’s Policy Statement on Foreign Direct Investment and IDA Ireland’s own five-year strategy “Winning - Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019”. The IDA Strategy details both how the Agency will broaden its target sectors further and seek new markets over the next five years. Its ambitious targets include boosting FDI in Ireland by over 40% and creating 80,000 new jobs in the economy. As part of its growth strategy, IDA has also committed to increasing the level of investment into each region of Ireland by between 30% and 40%.

Table shows on a county by county basis the total number of IDA Ireland jobs created and lost along with the net change from 2011 to 2015.