Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.

There were 32,426 new jobs created in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies in Ireland in 2022, bringing the total number of people employed in the FDI sector in Ireland to over 300,000 for the first time, despite an increasingly challenging global economic environment. The 2022 figures continued the pattern of sustained, robust growth in FDI investment and FDI-related employment that has been achieved over a continuous period of more than ten years.

IDA Ireland continues to see a flow of business and there have been over 60 IDA investment announcements this year alone supporting over 6,500 new jobs. However, it is evident that the global economy faces significant economic headwinds including persistent global inflationary pressures, increased energy prices and rising interest rates, which have led to a decrease in consumer confidence and a more conservative outlook and has resulted in headcount reductions in some IDA client companies.

While any job losses are regrettable, the country is close to full employment with the most recent CSO data showing unemployment at 4.2% for September. Moreover, there is high demand for tech, marketing and other skills across all sectors, and there is a strong pipeline of new investments from overseas and within Ireland across a range of sectors.

The table below details the total number of new jobs created in IDA client companies, job losses and the net change, over the period 2016 to 2022. Information at a county and regional level is set out at the link below.

-	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of Client Operations	1,456	1,524	1,595	1,693	1,713	1,789	1,796
Total Jobs	207,878	220,101	236,032	251,129	260,763	277,456	301,475
New Jobs Created (Gross Gains)	21,391	23,376	26,082	25,634	23,376	34,159	32,426
Job Losses	-7,201	-11,153	-10,151	-10,537	-13,742	-17,466	-8,407
Additional Jobs Created (Net Change)	14,190	12,223	15,931	15,097	9,634	16,693	24,019

Data Source: Annual Employment Survey 2022, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

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Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland (EI) compile annual employment figures based on their client company data and release these as part of the EI End of Year Statement in early Quarter 1 of the following year. Prior to 2017, EI accounted for permanent full-time jobs only. Figures for 2017 to 2022 include total jobs created.

The table below shows all relevant EI job creation figures per county for the years 2016 to 2022.

County	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Carlow	275	331	319	142	332	250	312
Cavan	310	256	280	574	549	434	302
Clare	594	417	493	368	425	339	192
Cork	2,091	2,045	2,309	1,861	1,810	2,214	1,923
Donegal	210	271	261	424	559	375	282
Dublin	7,026	6,055	6,216	5,772	7,287	6,921	5,736
Galway	982	983	555	757	658	1,044	525
Kerry	466	406	206	261	237	415	176
Kildare	597	449	372	834	393	673	483
Kilkenny	560	549	255	497	430	340	200
Laois	87	188	201	310	179	168	106
Leitrim	30	86	23	45	63	100	146
Limerick	853	915	890	617	874	879	984
Longford	147	114	190	131	216	174	252
Louth	613	710	459	554	565	656	420
Mayo	481	446	247	473	582	322	247
Meath	816	706	532	771	563	651	512
Monaghan	435	498	244	386	514	494	379
Offaly	264	287	176	227	342	433	210
Roscommon	144	141	81	133	127	127	120
Sligo	150	350	116	92	158	212	94
Tipperary	464	518	638	534	448	574	221
Waterford	931	630	807	416	681	482	297
Westmeath	297	226	185	206	198	342	227
Wexford	535	312	232	367	276	342	188
Wicklow	302	257	209	219	430	371	280
Total	19,660	18,146	16,496	16,971	18,896	19,332	14,814