Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on job creation in counties Roscommon and Galway from January 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44345/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland collects employment data from its clients on an annual basis through its Annual Employment Survey, which is carried out over October/November. Therefore it is not possible to give employment updates on a monthly or quarterly basis. The table below provides the most recent employment performance for the relevant counties for 2022:

* In 2021 a revision of the population of companies included in the Annual Employment Survey was undertaken, as a result, the changes to the baseline survey population reduced the total employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies.

In January 2024 Enterprise Ireland will publish its’ latest employment survey results and this data will outline jobs created in 2023 and total employment per county for the year ended 2023. This region has had some significant job announcements this year. As recently as last week, 97 new jobs were announced by Enterprise Ireland client companies Nostra and Titan HQ.

In terms of overall employment in the region, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of total employment in the State. Regional estimates of employment are produced by the NUTS 3 level. The NUTS3 West region includes counties Galway and Roscommon as well as Mayo. The latest figures published in August for the Labour Force Survey indicate there were 251,200 persons aged 15-89 employed in the West region and there was an increase of 14,100 persons or 5.6% when comparing 2023 figures to 2022.