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Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Enterprise Ireland Data
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment and jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2018, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4530/19]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland (EI) supports companies in urban and rural areas to start, innovate and remain competitive in international markets, now and into the future. In 2018 EI client companies reported strong employment performance with 215,207 people employed in companies supported by the agency and 18,846 new jobs created. The number of jobs supported by EI and the payments given to EI companies are detailed in the following tables.
Table 1: Total employment in EI supported companies by county 2014 to 2018
County | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 2,691 | 2,852 | 2,973 | 3,034 | 3,221 |
| Cavan | 4,663 | 4,905 | 5,221 | 5,451 | 5,842 |
| Clare | 3,271 | 3,255 | 3,444 | 3,709 | 4,102 |
| Cork | 22,609 | 23,955 | 24,936 | 25,975 | 23,902 |
| Donegal | 3,302 | 3,567 | 3,581 | 3,552 | 3,818 |
| Dublin | 61,203 | 66,866 | 70,365 | 72,461 | 76,815 |
| Galway | 6,823 | 7,278 | 7,294 | 8,103 | 8,091 |
| Kerry | 4,314 | 4,678 | 4,677 | 4,866 | 4,727 |
| Kildare | 7,512 | 8,308 | 8,632 | 9,134 | 8,923 |
| Kilkenny | 3,605 | 3,921 | 4,167 | 4,276 | 4,549 |
| Laois | 1,179 | 1,297 | 1,385 | 1,473 | 1,527 |
| Leitrim | 722 | 820 | 922 | 559 | 607 |
| Limerick | 7,013 | 6,777 | 7,954 | 8,269 | 9,553 |
| Longford | 2,360 | 2,628 | 2,886 | 2,970 | 2,979 |
| Louth | 5,434 | 5,600 | 5,819 | 6,121 | 5,923 |
| Mayo | 3,784 | 3,667 | 3,856 | 4,118 | 4,692 |
| Meath | 6,658 | 6,855 | 7,007 | 7,302 | 7,135 |
| Monaghan | 4,539 | 4,819 | 5,168 | 5,366 | 5,626 |
| Offaly | 3,452 | 3,794 | 3,941 | 4,281 | 4,307 |
| Roscommon | 1,560 | 1,686 | 1,688 | 1,776 | 1,764 |
| Sligo | 1,853 | 1,723 | 1,546 | 1,733 | 1,916 |
| Tipperary | 4,917 | 5,264 | 5,352 | 5,907 | 5,921 |
| Waterford | 5,060 | 5,561 | 5,721 | 6,359 | 6,849 |
| Westmeath | 3,436 | 3,548 | 3,653 | 3,741 | 3,536 |
| Wexford | 4,484 | 4,696 | 4,816 | 4,670 | 4,674 |
| Wicklow | 3,628 | 3,903 | 4,104 | 4,132 | 4,208 |
| Total | 180,072 | 192,223 | 201,108 | 209,338 | 215,207 |
Table 2: EI Payments to Client Companies by County 2014 to 2018
County | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | €1,065,648 | €1,270,387 | €1,789,646 | €1,118,817 | €856,501 |
| Cavan | €2,159,893 | €3,852,200 | €5,491,945 | €2,509,330 | €3,864,594 |
| Clare | €1,629,586 | €1,575,122 | €1,814,188 | €3,490,451 | €1,711,261 |
| Cork | €10,358,287 | €10,027,253 | €12,428,944 | €9,630,852 | €8,258,735 |
| Donegal | €1,057,850 | €2,091,993 | €549,804 | €1,738,720 | €1,306,644 |
| Dublin | €33,795,874 | €27,382,088 | €35,104,063 | €34,113,688 | €32,090,000 |
| Galway | €4,264,258 | €3,671,039 | €4,408,207 | €4,678,283 | €5,050,853 |
| Kerry | €2,370,472 | €2,426,203 | €3,179,274 | €2,683,363 | €2,471,050 |
| Kildare | €2,678,039 | €2,819,471 | €5,554,222 | €3,567,276 | €4,131,644 |
| Kilkenny | €6,210,766 | €5,907,993 | €1,954,707 | €2,943,649 | €2,593,097 |
| Laois | €446,685 | €763,516 | €892,958 | €345,759 | €561,312 |
| Leitrim | €651,679 | €644,222 | €275,037 | €142,319 | €350,560 |
| Limerick | €3,108,803 | €2,409,749 | €3,298,041 | €3,475,348 | €4,297,737 |
| Longford | €717,967 | €2,751,123 | €1,004,560 | €1,076,148 | €4,000,876 |
| Louth | €1,603,265 | €4,396,281 | €5,569,603 | €4,063,517 | €3,079,928 |
| Mayo | €1,803,125 | €1,210,388 | €1,763,754 | €5,021,555 | €1,034,750 |
| Meath | €2,679,331 | €2,205,442 | €1,971,375 | €1,177,941 | €996,976 |
| Monaghan | €2,409,719 | €2,476,380 | €2,714,246 | €7,191,630 | €2,088,998 |
| Offaly | €543,232 | €564,153 | €920,548 | €1,408,973 | €1,031,220 |
| Roscommon | €408,337 | €366,826 | €844,931 | €1,524,042 | €121,099 |
| Sligo | €619,865 | €468,224 | €1,041,235 | €981,489 | €758,406 |
| Tipperary | €4,064,697 | €5,447,999 | €1,728,842 | €2,507,610 | €2,243,651 |
| Waterford | €2,944,665 | €3,928,310 | €866,677 | €1,269,362 | €1,732,163 |
| Westmeath | €1,082,298 | €1,424,046 | €1,537,281 | €1,162,769 | €1,226,009 |
| Wexford | €1,085,693 | €2,204,820 | €936,154 | €2,136,312 | €4,716,005 |
| Wicklow | €1,299,971 | €1,899,864 | €1,970,730 | €1,740,122 | €3,944,132 |
| Grand Total | €91,060,005 | €94,185,093 | €99,610,972 | €101,699,324 | €94,518,201 |
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