Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2024
139. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created with the intervention of the IDA in each county in each of the years 2013 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38734/24]
View answer140. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created with the intervention of the IDA in each of Waterford’s six local electoral areas in each of the years 2013 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38735/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together.
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. Employment in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies now accounts for over 11% of the workforce. Additionally, my Department estimates that for every 10 jobs generated by FDI directly, another eight are created in the wider economy. This translates to over 540,000 direct and indirect jobs supported by FDI at the end of 2023, almost 20% of the workforce.
The total number of regional jobs now stands at 163,471 as at the end of 2023. The Midlands Region saw the strongest level of growth in 2023, up 5.8% on 2022 levels. There was also growth in the Border Region (up 2.7%) and Mid-West Region (up 2.6%) with the South-West and South-East Regions up by 1.2% and 1.4% respectively. Elsewhere, job numbers in IDA clients in the West Region was down by 1.8% whilst Dublin and the Mid-East Region declined by 1.2% and 4.8% respectively.
As requested, the number of persons employed in IDA client companies, in each county, from 2013 to 2023 is set out in the table below. This information is not available at the local electoral area level.
The number of IDA-supported jobs for each of the past ten years is shown by county below:
|
County |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
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|
Cavan |
660 |
681 |
705 |
727 |
723 |
733 |
768 |
781 |
777 |
797 |
821 |
|
Donegal |
2,420 |
3,083 |
3,449 |
3,678 |
4,111 |
4,394 |
4,908 |
4,753 |
3,671 |
4,793 |
5,036 |
|
Leitrim |
397 |
513 |
576 |
645 |
690 |
701 |
710 |
713 |
815 |
1,008 |
1,104 |
|
Monaghan |
393 |
310 |
191 |
166 |
190 |
362 |
371 |
447 |
445 |
354 |
283 |
|
Sligo |
2,319 |
2,314 |
2,321 |
2,395 |
2,294 |
2,341 |
2,425 |
2,511 |
2,650 |
2,955 |
2,929 |
|
Dublin |
69,963 |
73,834 |
78,686 |
85,996 |
93,394 |
100,718 |
110,227 |
115,578 |
125,091 |
138,732 |
137,112 |
|
Kildare |
9,658 |
9,889 |
10,552 |
10,175 |
8,865 |
9,262 |
9,253 |
9,604 |
9,953 |
12,010 |
11,909 |
|
Louth |
2,725 |
3,427 |
3,647 |
4,009 |
4,106 |
4,197 |
4,794 |
4,529 |
4,826 |
4,673 |
3,674 |
|
Meath |
1,691 |
1,497 |
1,531 |
1,562 |
1,512 |
1,634 |
1,897 |
1,892 |
1,983 |
2,012 |
2,173 |
|
Wicklow |
2,476 |
2,515 |
2,411 |
2,461 |
2,453 |
2,859 |
2,652 |
2,794 |
2,824 |
2,771 |
2,673 |
|
Clare |
6,247 |
6,420 |
6,556 |
6,686 |
6,968 |
6,825 |
6,916 |
6,796 |
6,541 |
6,193 |
5,919 |
|
Limerick |
7,433 |
7,978 |
8,757 |
9,897 |
10,653 |
11,954 |
12,936 |
13,236 |
14,264 |
15,299 |
16,018 |
|
Tipperary |
3,391 |
3,599 |
3,618 |
3,460 |
3,775 |
3,867 |
4,254 |
4,343 |
4,474 |
5,067 |
5,320 |
|
Laois |
106 |
87 |
105 |
115 |
120 |
111 |
119 |
136 |
165 |
163 |
155 |
|
Longford |
817 |
809 |
867 |
877 |
846 |
1,040 |
1,317 |
1,236 |
1,450 |
1,621 |
1,801 |
|
Offaly |
1,058 |
1,059 |
1,080 |
1,107 |
1,167 |
1,213 |
1,194 |
1,232 |
1,240 |
1,378 |
1,385 |
|
Westmeath |
2,414 |
2,634 |
2,769 |
2,812 |
3,048 |
3,495 |
3,742 |
3,834 |
4,084 |
4,328 |
4,582 |
|
Carlow |
735 |
749 |
768 |
802 |
875 |
1,149 |
1,200 |
1,309 |
1,469 |
1,361 |
1,440 |
|
Kilkenny |
649 |
760 |
700 |
823 |
780 |
783 |
736 |
786 |
915 |
857 |
1,037 |
|
Waterford |
5,663 |
6,223 |
6,827 |
7,618 |
8,016 |
8,342 |
8,022 |
8,293 |
8,958 |
9,226 |
9,078 |
|
Wexford |
2,501 |
2,591 |
2,583 |
2,740 |
2,987 |
3,140 |
3,549 |
3,588 |
3,720 |
3,640 |
3,746 |
|
Cork |
28,179 |
29,435 |
33,636 |
36,150 |
37,753 |
40,276 |
42,095 |
44,640 |
47,144 |
48,683 |
49,253 |
|
Kerry |
1,665 |
1,903 |
1,955 |
2,104 |
2,195 |
2,265 |
2,183 |
2,168 |
1,936 |
2,024 |
2,043 |
|
Galway |
14,475 |
14,970 |
15,729 |
17,299 |
18,783 |
20,487 |
21,075 |
21,533 |
22,814 |
24,687 |
24,080 |
|
Mayo |
3,702 |
3,912 |
4,050 |
4,214 |
4,484 |
4,833 |
4,968 |
5,033 |
5,188 |
5,488 |
5,434 |
|
Roscommon |
962 |
916 |
994 |
985 |
1,139 |
1,186 |
1,260 |
1,374 |
1,445 |
1,477 |
1,578 |
|
Total Jobs |
172,699 |
182,108 |
195,063 |
209,503 |
221,927 |
238,167 |
253,571 |
263,139 |
278,842 |
301,597 |
300,583 |
