Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2024
185. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to indicate the number of indigenous jobs created in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past five years to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/24]
View answerMy Department compiles data on the enterprise development agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta). The breakdown requested is not available economy-wide. Table 1 shows employment in Irish owned enterprise agency client firms in the manufacturing sector. Over the five year period since 2018 total jobs have increased by 20,533 to reach 138,489 jobs in 2023. Data for 2024 is not yet available.
Table 1: Employment in Irish owned enterprise agency firms in manufacturing sector, 2018-2023
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2018-2023 |
|
|
Permanent full time jobs |
108,051 |
111,358 |
113,323 |
119,859 |
124,655 |
127,629 |
19,578 |
|
Part time, temporary jobs |
9,905 |
9,958 |
9,153 |
9,144 |
11,735 |
10,860 |
955 |
|
Total Jobs |
117,956 |
121,316 |
122,476 |
129,003 |
136,390 |
138,489 |
20,533 |
Source: DETE Annual Employment Survey
Table 2 shows employment in Irish owned enterprise agency client companies in the services sector. Over the five year period since 2018 total jobs have increased by 17,409 to reach 78,347 in 2023.
Table 2: Employment in Irish owned enterprise agency firms in services sector, 2018-2023
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2018-2023 |
|
|
Permanent full time jobs |
51,773 |
55,352 |
55,251 |
59,470 |
65,008 |
66,683 |
14,910 |
|
Part time, temporary jobs |
9,165 |
9,554 |
7,706 |
9,083 |
11,106 |
11,664 |
2,499 |
|
Total Jobs |
60,938 |
64,906 |
62,957 |
68,553 |
76,114 |
78,347 |
17,409 |
Source: DETE Annual Employment Survey
Government policies aimed at creating an attractive environment for both indigenous enterprise and foreign direct investment and enhancing the availability of talent to employers have resulted in record-breaking levels of job creation being achieved in the context of ongoing international economic and geopolitical turbulence, while initiatives such as Pathways to Work are helping to create a more inclusive labour market.
If this momentum is to be maintained, it will be essential that more people – particularly those in cohorts traditionally more distant from the labour market – are given the support they need to enter employment, ensuring in turn that Irish enterprise continues to have access to a pool of high-quality, adaptable and flexible talent.
To meet the demand for skills and to continue increasing participation in employment, there is close collaboration across Government, in particular between the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, its agencies and my own Department, as well as between Government, industry, and the education and training system more broadly, in order to continue building a highly skilled and inclusive workforce.
