Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Foreign Direct Investment
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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621. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in foreign direct investment companies here, by sector, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3149/17]
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The following table provides a breakdown of the total number of jobs, by sector, in IDA Ireland client companies in 2016.
Last year saw the highest ever level of employment in IDA Ireland client companies, with 199,877 people now employed in companies supported by the Agency. A total of 18,627 new jobs were created, across a range of sectors, with every region of Ireland posting net employment gains.
IDA Ireland Employment by Sector 2016
| Sector | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | |
| Basic and Fabricated Metal Products | 1,834 |
| Chemicals & Food Ingredients | 26,880 |
| Computer, Electronic and Optical Equipment | 20,213 |
| Electrical Equipment | 2,149 |
| Machinery and Equipment | 4,651 |
| Medical and dental instruments and supplies | 28,911 |
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 1,917 |
| Non-Metallic Minerals | 931 |
| Paper and Printing | 634 |
| Rubber and Plastics | 3,586 |
| Transport Equipment | 3,201 |
| Manufacturing Total | 94,907 |
| Services | |
| Business Services | 3,229 |
| Computer consultancy activities | 19,434 |
| Computer facilities management activities | 12,896 |
| Computer programming activities | 30,022 |
| Financial Services | 24,667 |
| Other Information and Communication | 2,158 |
| Other information technology and computer service activities | 10,303 |
| Other Services | 2,261 |
| Total Services | 104,970 |
| Total | 199,877 |
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