Written answers
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
Job Creation
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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128. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39730/20]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Investment to support a significant number of jobs was approved by Enterprise Ireland in 2020 across a range of sectors and the full amount of jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies in 2020 will be included in the agency's Annual Business Review, which will be published in 2021.
The list below refers solely to job announcements by Enterprise Ireland supported client companies and this information is listed on the Enterprise Ireland website. It does not include funding for jobs created by Enterprise Ireland client companies where a client company chose not to publicise the announcement or cases where the number of jobs created, while significant to the company, were not at a level to warrant an official public announcement.
Furthermore a significant amount of Enterprise Ireland’s funding was directed towards sustaining employment in COVID-19 impacted companies by helping them stabilise, reset and recover, so as to ensure the companies will emerge from the pandemic crisis and continue to grow and create high-quality jobs throughout Ireland into the future.
| Date | Company | County | Sector | No. of Jobs announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-20 | CitySwift | Galway | Travel Technology | 50 |
| 25-Sep-20 | Workvivo | Cork | Employee engagement technology | 100 |
| 11-Sep-20 | Global Shares | Cork | Employee reward technology | 150 |
| 05-Feb-20 | Fexco | Kerry | Fintech | 305 |
| 24-Jan-20 | HR Duo | Meath | Human resources technology | 13 |
| 16-Jan-20 | Odyssey VC | Kildare | Life sciences technology | 100 |
| 14-Jan-20 | Robotic & Drive Services | Westmeath | Robotic technology | 35 |
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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129. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by IDA Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39731/20]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The full sectoral breakdown on new jobs announcements supported by the Industrial Development Authority in 2020 is set out at:
There have been opportunities for growth right across the IDA Ireland portfolio as new business models have emerged from disruptive technology developments, the rapid adoption of social media, Brexit and new regulations around the management of data.
The global explosion of the Business Services sector has been empowered by rapid technological developments, which have allowed traditional services, such as financial and globally traded business, to be dispersed worldwide and new categories of service activities to develop.
In relation to Manufacturing, high levels of productivity and a deep talent base have endowed Ireland with major strengths in this sector. IDA Ireland has a deep relationship with its manufacturing clients and continues to support the training and upskilling of staff; incentivise research and development in both product and process; and assist Irish sites in winning new expansion investments from their parent companies. IDA Ireland also continues to work with stakeholders across the government system to ensure the ecosystem is supportive of manufacturing in areas such as infrastructure and energy.
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