Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in each the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [51529/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, 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. The contribution of Enterprise Ireland client companies to the Irish economy is very important, particularly from a regional and county perspective.

The 5,000 manufacturing and internationally traded services companies that Enterprise Ireland works with are a critical source of 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. In 2016 19,244 new jobs were created resulting in a net gain (after job losses in those client companies) of 9,117 jobs across the country. When jobs supported indirectly by those companies are taken into account, Enterprise Ireland supported companies sustain over 375,000 direct and indirect jobs nationwide.

The table presents employment in Enterprise Ireland supported companies across the period 2013 to 2016.

Employment in Enterprise Ireland supported companies

Please note employment figures for 2017 are not available until after the Annual Employment Survey is made available at the start of 2018.

In January 2017 Enterprise Ireland published its strategy for the period 2017-2020. The strategy was developed in the context of Brexit and focuses on supporting clients to both Build Scale and Expand Reach. Despite economic and market uncertainties. Enterprise Ireland’s employment target for 2020 is to assist clients to create 60,000 new jobs(gross) by 2020 and to sustain the existing record level of jobs. Enterprise Ireland does not have targets beyond 2020.