Written answers
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Job Creation Data
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide the figures raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4542/18]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland collate job figures on a county and region basis only. Details on employment numbers in individual cities or towns is unfortunately not available.
The following table provides a comprehensive breakdown of employment, in both IDA and EI supported companies, across each county in 2017.
| 2017 | IDA Total Jobs | IDA New Jobs Created (Gross Gains) | IDA Additional Jobs Created (Net Change) | IDA Client Companies | EI Total Jobs | EI New Jobs Created (Gross Gains) | EI Additional Jobs Created (Net Change) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 875 | 75 | 73 | 7 | 3,034 | 250 | 158 |
| Cavan | 1,155 | 31 | -48 | 7 | 5,451 | 434 | 269 |
| Clare | 6,775 | 446 | 40 | 68 | 3,709 | 339 | 136 |
| Cork | 35,248 | 2,388 | 1,417 | 158 | 25,975 | 2,214 | 1,372 |
| Donegal | 3,389 | 375 | 350 | 12 | 3,552 | 375 | 132 |
| Dublin | 88,318 | 10,956 | 6,393 | 735 | 72,461 | 6,921 | 3,044 |
| Galway | 17,696 | 1,281 | 764 | 75 | 8,103 | 1,044 | 707 |
| Kerry | 2,186 | 105 | 89 | 14 | 4,866 | 415 | 319 |
| Kildare | 9,282 | 275 | -947 | 28 | 9,134 | 673 | 421 |
| Kilkenny | 782 | 138 | 20 | 6 | 4,276 | 340 | 102 |
| Laois | 119 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1,473 | 168 | 109 |
| Leitrim | 889 | 89 | 86 | 5 | 559 | 100 | 61 |
| Limerick | 10,677 | 1,028 | 850 | 56 | 8,269 | 879 | 664 |
| Longford | 474 | 77 | -198 | 5 | 2,970 | 174 | 146 |
| Louth | 3,702 | 295 | 109 | 24 | 6,121 | 656 | 310 |
| Mayo | 4,462 | 272 | 228 | 16 | 4,118 | 322 | 178 |
| Meath | 1,491 | 71 | -35 | 17 | 7,302 | 651 | 309 |
| Monaghan | 150 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5,366 | 494 | 223 |
| Offaly | 940 | 74 | 26 | 10 | 4,281 | 433 | 203 |
| Roscommon | 1,128 | 153 | 143 | 10 | 1,776 | 127 | 86 |
| Sligo | 2,184 | 63 | -106 | 23 | 1,733 | 212 | 169 |
| Tipperary | 3,665 | 341 | 297 | 11 | 5,907 | 574 | 427 |
| Waterford | 6,850 | 682 | 597 | 37 | 6,359 | 482 | 256 |
| Westmeath | 2,794 | 235 | 221 | 17 | 3,741 | 342 | 249 |
| Wexford | 2,948 | 284 | 268 | 18 | 4,670 | 342 | 117 |
| Wicklow | 2,264 | 99 | 30 | 18 | 4,132 | 371 | 142 |
| 210,443 | 19,851 | 10,684 | 1,384 | 209,338 | 19,332 | 10,309 |
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