Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent data on the level of IDA supported jobs by county in tabular form; and the number of additional jobs created in each county since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60286/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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IDA has worked hard to create a welcoming environment for FDI in all parts of the country and the strong regional spread of jobs and investment in the latest IDA results demonstrates the Government's commitment to regional development.  Over half of investments in 2021 went to regional locations, and under IDA's current Strategy half of all investments from 2021 to 2024 will be targeted to regional locations.

IDA Irelands results for 2021, showed that total employment in IDA client companies in Ireland now stands at 275,384, up 16,826 on 2020, the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) employment level ever. Employment growth was recorded in every region of the country.

IDA's data is produced on an annual basis and therefore it is not possible to provide the data sought from 27th June, 2020.

The number of new IDA jobs created by county for 2020 and 2021 are available as part of the Department’s Annual Employment Survey which is published on the Department’s website at the following link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/publication-files/annual-employment-survey-2021.pdf. 

As advised by colleagues in IDA, I expect 2022 figures to be available in January 2023.