Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees employed with Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6334/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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In recent years, Enterprise Ireland has implemented an ambitious reform agenda to ensure more effective delivery of services to Enterprise Ireland clients. As part of the organisation’s resource plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a Voluntary Leaving Programme in November 2014, which closed in January 2015. Fifty one staff availed of the Voluntary Leaving Programme in 2015 and 2016.

The reform agenda included an ongoing process to analyse the skills and capabilities of the organisation. Recruitment has been ongoing within the agency to address critical gaps in the management structure and current skill gaps in emerging and future sectors to reflect the needs of Irish industry.

In 2017, Enterprise Ireland will recruit 39 additional staff as part of its strategic response to Brexit.

Table 1 presents the total number employed in Enterprise Ireland from 2006 to 2016. These figures include all staff employed by Enterprise Ireland including Irish Based Staff, Expatriated Staff, Local Overseas Staff and Graduate Programme Staff on 31st December of each year.

Table 1–Total number of Enterprise Ireland employees in each of the years 2006 to 2016

*Whole Time Equivalents (WTE)