Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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71. To ask the Taoiseach the number of business births, startups, from the business demography statistics with some comparative EU statistics. [44213/19]

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Statistics on enterprise births are compiled by the CSO as part of its annual Business Demography statistics. Corresponding figures are compiled by each EU Member State.

A breakdown by gender of newly birthed enterprises, as requested, is not currently available, but work is under way by the CSO to develop this additional breakdown of the statistics for Ireland.

The most recent period for which Business Demography data is available is 2017. The following table sets out the number of newly birthed enterprises, annually between 2014 and 2017, in each EU Member State.

Number of Enterprise Births in the EU, 2014 to 2017

Note: An enterprise birth amounts to the creation of a combination of production factors with the restriction that no other enterprises are involved in the event. Births do not include entries into the population due to mergers, break-ups, split-off or restructuring of a set of enterprises. It does not include entries into a sub-population resulting only from a change of activity.

A birth occurs when an enterprise starts from scratch and actually starts activity. An enterprise creation can be considered an enterprise birth if new production factors in particular, new jobs are created. If a dormant unit is reactivated within two years, this event is not considered a birth.