Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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612. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [15941/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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613. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs at Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [15942/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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614. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the list of companies and number of employees at each individual company supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [15943/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 to 614, inclusive, together.

Reflecting the strength of the Irish economy and of global markets in 2017, Enterprise Ireland client companies have reported strong employment performance. Enterprise Ireland’s 2017 employment survey reported:

- the highest employment in the history of the agency with 209,338 people employed in Enterprise Ireland supported companies;

- the highest net job creation in the history of the agency which saw 10,309 new jobs created after loses are taken into account;

- the lowest number of job losses since 1998; and

- employment growth across all regions, counties and sectors.

In 2017, 3,552 people were employed in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Donegal. In the period 2015 - 2017 Enterprise Ireland paid €4 million to client companies in Donegal to support companies innovative, improve competitiveness and to diversify their global footprint.

The North East/North West Action Plan for Jobs aims to support the creation of 28,000 jobs across Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth by 2020. Sectors targeted as part of the plan include traditionally strong sectors for the region like Agri-food, Manufacturing/Engineering and Tourism as well as Internationally Traded Services, Cleantech and the Creative Sector.

Table 1 presents employment in Enterprise Ireland supported companies across the period 2001 – 2017.

Table 2 presents the number of plants in Donegal supported by Enterprise Ireland across the period 2001 – 2017.

Please note that:

- Employment data for 2000 is not available.

- For business confidentiality reasons, Enterprise Ireland is not in a position to release employment figures at a company level.

- Enterprise Ireland collects employment figures annually via the Annual Employment Survey. Therefore, year to date employment figures for 2018 are not available.

Table 1: Employment in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Donegal across the period 2001 – 2017

Table 2: Number of plants in Donegal supported by Enterprise Ireland across the period 2001 – 2017.