James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of IDA jobs located in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23990/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. The employment situation in the South-East, which covers Waterford, Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny and South Tipperary, has been steadily improving in recent years with IDA client companies in the region creating 1,200 new jobs last year alone. This translates as an 9.2% increase when compared to 2016 figures.

The total employment in overseas companies in the region now  stands at  14,785 people across 75 client companies. This figure represents 7% of all people employed in IDA client companies across the country. Furthermore just over 12% of all IDA jobs created outside of Dublin have been in the South-East region.

I am confident that the Agency will continue to build on this strong FDI employment base in the coming months and years.