Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of listed IDA client companies and IDA backed companies with operations in County Kildare in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [39704/24]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations.

IDA has over 1,800 client companies within its portfolio employing 300,583 as at the end of 2023, with employment levels above 300,000 for the second consecutive year. The total number of regional jobs stands at 163,471 as at the end of 2023, representing 54% of IDA client employment. At end 2023 there were 45 IDA client companies in Kildare, employing 11,909 people. The list of IDA client companies in Kildare and their range of employment is set out below:

Individual company employment numbers are collated through the Annual Employment Survey which is undertaken at the end of each year, such that 2024 figures will be available at the start of next year.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of listed IDA client companies and IDA backed companies with operations in County Wicklow in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [39705/24]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations.

IDA has over 1,800 client companies within its portfolio employing 300,583 as at the end of 2023, with employment levels above 300,000 for the second consecutive year. The total number of regional jobs stands at 163,471 as at the end of 2023, representing 54% of IDA client employment. At end 2023 there were 21 IDA client companies in Wicklow employing 2,673.

The list of IDA client companies in Wicklow and their range of employment is set out below:

Individual company employment numbers are collated through the Annual Employment Survey which is undertaken at the end of each year, such that 2024 figures will be available at the start of next year.