Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in County Mayo; the number in the Ballina area in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45563/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland supports companies in every county of Ireland to start and scale, innovate and remain competitive on international markets. In addition, with the advent of the network of Local Enterprise Offices, Enterprise Ireland now plays a critical role in driving and nurturing entrepreneurship all the way from an originating idea at local level, to taking-on global markets.

In January 2017 Enterprise Ireland published its strategy for the period 2017-2020. The strategy was developed in the context of Brexit and despite economic and market uncertainties, Enterprise Ireland’s strategic aims are to:

Assist clients to create 60,000 new jobs by 2020 and to sustain the existing record level of jobs;

Grow annual exports by €5bn to €26bn per annum;

Increase the level of spend in the Irish economy by €4bn to €27bn per annum by 2020, thus creating further jobs indirectly in the local economy.

The 5,000 manufacturing and internationally traded services companies that Enterprise Ireland works with are a critical source of existing employment and job creation in every county in Ireland and are spread across a wide range of sectors. In 2016, Enterprise Ireland supported companies employed 201,108 people. Within this, 19,244 new jobs were created resulting in a net gain of 9,117 jobs. 65 per cent of client employment is outside of Dublin. 42.2 per cent of client employment is outside the five counties which are home to the five urban centres (Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Cork). The contribution of Enterprise Ireland client companies to the domestic economy is very important, particularly from a regional perspective, as it sustains over 300,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Enterprise Ireland collects employment data by county only and therefore cannot report on employment figures specifically for Ballina.

In 2016, Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Mayo employed 3,856 people. Table 1below presents employment at Enterprise Ireland supported companies for the period 2014 -2016.

Table 1

(Source: DBEI Annual Employment Survey 2014,2015 and 2016)