Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs created and lost in County Wexford in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14355/17]

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job announcements for the south east for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; the number of IDA visits in the south east by county for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14356/17]

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs created and lost in the south east region in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14357/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 to 290, inclusive, together.

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 publicly announce investments.  In 2016, IDA supported companies in the South East created 1,202 jobs, bringing total employment in the region to 13,369 with 526 job losses.

In County Wexford IDA Ireland supported companies created a total of 171 new jobs in 2016 with a loss of 27 the same year. 

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.