Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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815. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of job announcements for the south east for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 , by county; the total number of IDA site visits for south east for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12013/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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There were 24 job announcements by IDA Ireland client companies in the South East region from 2011 to date. It is important to realise that the number of announcements does not necessarily reflect the level of FDI activity in the region because not all IDA clients choose to publically announce investments. In the same period IDA supported companies in the South East created 4,630 jobs, bringing total employment in the region to 13,369 at the end of 2016.

IDA Ireland carried out 176 site visits to the region from 2011 until the end of 2016, with 2015 and 2016 figures more than double those of the previous two years. Site visit data is collated at  quarterly intervals on a county basis. Data for the first quarter of 2017 will not be available until next month.

Details of the job announcements and the breakdown of site visits for the region are set out in the following tables.

IDA Ireland Client Company Job Announcements South East 2011-2017

Site Visits to South East Region 2011 - 2016

*Tipperary straddles two regions – South East and Mid-West.