Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost or created in County Kildare on an annual basis in the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46644/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The CSO does not report on jobs gains or losses per county, rather it reports on the change in the standing stock of employees. The latest available results of the CSO Business Demography Survey, provided in table 1 below, show the number of employees working in enterprises in Kildare since 2012.

Table 1. Number of Employees Working in Enterprises in Kildare as Reported by the Business Demography Survey.

The Business Demography is based purely on administrative data received by the CSO from Revenue on an annual basis. The geographical breakdown for enterprises in this survey is an approximation. The county breakdown is based on the address at which an enterprise is registered for revenue purposes, rather than where the business actually operates from, because no comprehensive administrative source is currently available for business locations.

However, my Department conducts an Employment Survey each year which records the employment in Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta assisted companies. The table below shows the gains and losses in total jobs in agency assisted companies in Kildare over the last 6 years as measured by the Annual Employment Survey (AES) 2017. The AES is based on the actual location of the jobs and includes permanent, temporary, full-time and part-time jobs. 2017 is the latest year available; the 2018 survey is currently in the field.

Table 2. Gains and Losses in Total Jobs (Permanent, Full Time + Temporary, Part-time and Other) in Agency Assisted Companies in Kildare as measured by the Annual Employment Survey (AES 2017)