Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Job Losses
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in Enterprise Ireland-sponsored jobs, by county or by region, for the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47863/23]
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 this as part of the EI End of Year Statement in early Quarter 1 of the following year. Prior to 2017, EI accounted for full-time job losses only. Figures for 2017 to 2022 include total job losses.
The table below shows all relevant job losses per county for the years 2016 to 2022.
County | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | -84 | -57 | -461 | -127 | -166 | -92 | -207 |
| Cavan | -310 | -151 | -236 | -329 | -215 | -165 | -57 |
| Clare | -76 | -71 | -526 | -189 | -172 | -203 | -137 |
| Cork | -939 | -734 | -1623 | -1375 | -1269 | -842 | -418 |
| Donegal | -121 | -65 | -357 | -245 | -121 | -243 | -94 |
| Dublin | -2637 | -1937 | -6718 | -4330 | -3511 | -3877 | -2,443 |
| Galway | -345 | -269 | -870 | -498 | -451 | -337 | -282 |
| Kerry | -144 | -423 | -387 | -287 | -239 | -96 | -162 |
| Kildare | -413 | -244 | -580 | -593 | -451 | -252 | -344 |
| Kilkenny | -307 | -40 | -258 | -181 | -145 | -238 | -134 |
| Laois | -76 | -32 | -71 | -164 | -96 | -59 | -55 |
| Leitrim | -81 | -21 | -41 | -41 | -12 | -39 | -54 |
| Limerick | -628 | -531 | -852 | -421 | -349 | -215 | -70 |
| Longford | -83 | -141 | -147 | -138 | -103 | -28 | -19 |
| Louth | -592 | -354 | -386 | -240 | -667 | -346 | -244 |
| Mayo | -90 | -66 | -405 | -310 | -299 | -144 | -36 |
| Meath | -251 | -168 | -399 | -317 | -361 | -342 | -281 |
| Monaghan | -127 | -51 | -388 | -370 | -244 | -271 | -102 |
| Offaly | -122 | -65 | -355 | -281 | -90 | -230 | -70 |
| Roscommon | -84 | -39 | -140 | -111 | -63 | -41 | -45 |
| Sligo | -37 | -32 | -202 | -83 | -141 | -43 | -98 |
| Tipperary | -471 | -85 | -529 | -351 | -383 | -147 | -163 |
| Waterford | -342 | -149 | -256 | -516 | -181 | -266 | -252 |
| Westmeath | -74 | -172 | -254 | -429 | -174 | -93 | -182 |
| Wexford | -123 | -195 | -327 | -118 | -123 | -225 | -62 |
| Wicklow | -262 | -143 | -600 | -221 | -234 | -229 | -250 |
| Total | -8819 | -6235 | -17368 | -12265 | -10684 | -9023 | -6,261 |
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