James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23691/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Government is working hard to achieve the most even possible distribution of foreign direct investment across the country. IDA Ireland is focused on that same goal, with the Agency targeting an increase of investment of 30%-40% in every region as part of its 2015-2019 strategy.

The Agency's 2017 results demonstrate that significant progress is being made towards these objectives, with 45% of all new IDA client company jobs created last year being outside Dublin. There are now over 122,000 people employed across 649 firms in IDA client companies outside the capital.

The table below provides a detailed breakdown by county of employment by IDA Ireland client companies for 2017. The figures for 2018 will not be available until my Department's Annual Employment Survey is carried out in November 2018.