Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employee headcount in each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices; the employee headcount in each of the eight regional IDA offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the eight regional IDA offices; if she will provide a breakdown by NUTS3 region and county of Enterprise Ireland the allocation of funds for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21303/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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My Department, through Enterprise Ireland (EI) provides a range of supports to help Irish companies start, grow and export.  There are now over 201,000 people employed by EI supported companies across the country, an all-time high for the Agency.  The fact that over 130,000 of those 201,000 jobs are outside of Dublin is also significant.  All regions recorded increases in employment.

EI’s new ‘Global Ambition’ strategy 2017-2020 will support enterprises across the economy, to grow into strong Irish international companies, developing world-leading products and services and exporting them all around the world. The strategy builds on the success of recent years and sets new ambitious targets for jobs growth of 60,000 and to increase exports by €5 billion per year, with two-thirds of exports going beyond the UK.

EI provides financial supports to clients to build scale and expand reach by driving Innovation, Competitiveness, Market Diversification and Ambition. EI’s direct payments to companies totalled €678.4 million between 2010 and April 2017, with an annual average of €94.2 million. EI publishes financial payments to companies by county on an annual basis as part of the Annual Report’s financial reporting.

IDA Ireland reported a second consecutive record year in 2016.  199,877 people are now employed in IDA Ireland supported client companies, up from 188,035 in 2015.

IDA Ireland’s strategy for 2015-2019 includes a commitment to increase foreign FDI in every region outside Dublin by 30%-40%.  The Agency made good progress towards achieving this goal in 2016, with 52% of all jobs created by IDA Ireland's clients last year based outside of Dublin.  The Agency is targeting the creation of 7,000 net new jobs and 180 new investments in 2017.

Table 1presents the employee headcount in each of the nine Enterprise Ireland offices outside of Dublin by grade (civil service equivalent grade) in 2016.  Table 2shows the non-payroll costs for Enterprise Ireland’s Regional Offices in 2016. Table 3provides the number of staff employed by Grade in each of IDA’s regional offices. Table 4shows the non-payroll costs for IDA Ireland’s Regional Offices. Table 5presents an overview of Enterprise Ireland payments by NUTS3 Region and County from 2010 to April 2017.

Table 1: The employee headcount in each Enterprise Ireland’s Regional Offices in 2016.

Table 2: Non-payroll costs for Enterprise Ireland’s Regional Offices in 2016.

Table 3: The employee headcount in each IDA Ireland’s Regional Offices in 2016.

- Part time staff/Reduced hours staff counted as one headcount

- Figures include Engineering, Medical Technology and Property Divisions with a large presence in Sligo and Athlone

Table 4: Non-payroll costs for IDA Ireland’s Regional Offices in 2016.

Table 5: Overview of Enterprise Ireland payments by NUTS3 Region and County from 2010 to April 2017.

- The higher level of payments in 2010 reflect the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund which provided financial support to vulnerable but viable companies impacted by the economic crisis.

- Funding provided by Enterprise Ireland under the following schemes administered on behalf of others are not included, this includes the Beef & Sheepmeat Fund, the Dairy Process Investment Initiative and the Employment Subsidy Scheme. Similarly, Enterprise Ireland’s investments in Seed & Venture Funds, Community Enterprise Centres and Incubation Centres and the Community Enterprise Initiative Scheme have been excluded along with funding for group management development and other group activities. Finally, Shannon Free Zone Transfers have been excluded, these relate to approvals to companies which transferred to Enterprise Ireland following the dissolution of Shannon Development.