Conor D McGuinness
Question:264. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA jobs in each county in each of the past 20 years in tabular form. [33366/25]
View answerThursday, 19 June 2025
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Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy and is a key focus of the work of my Department and its agencies. In that regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for the IDA and IDA is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting 550 of a total target of 1,000 investments to regional locations under its new strategy, Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-29.
The IDA delivered strong regional performance in 2024. There were 137 investments outside of Dublin, representing 59% of total investments. The total number of regional jobs now stands at 165,484. The Mid-West Region saw the strongest level of growth, up 3.1%. There was growth in the Border Region (up 2.2%) Southeast Region (up 2.3%) Dublin Region (up 0.07%) and the West Region up (0.15%). Elsewhere, the Southwest Region was down by 0.2% whilst the Mideast and the Midlands regions declined by 3.3% and 0.45% respectively.
The table attached provides the number of IDA jobs in each country in each of the past 20 years.