Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 April 2023
243. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed in Enterprise Ireland-supported companies in Kerry in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/23]
View answerEnterprise Ireland surveys its’ portfolio of clients annually to collect employment data. This survey occurs over October/November each year. On the basis of this survey, Enterprise Ireland supported 4,874 jobs in Kerry in 2022. This represented an increase of 276 jobs when compared to 2021.
Enterprise Ireland has made payments of €23,750,249 in funding to Kerry based companies between 2019 and 2021 with a further €5,461,634 in payments for infrastructural projects.
These investments have helped companies enhance productivity and resilience, drive new entrepreneurship, develop urban centres of growth, and support the expansion of scaling companies in the county which in turn will further increase employment figures in the county.
The number of people employed in Enterprise Ireland-supported companies in Kerry in the past five years is shown in the table below.
Enterprise Ireland Annual Employment Survey 2022
Annual Employment Survey (AES) Total Employment by county per given year
|
County |
Data |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
|
Kerry |
Total Jobs |
4,874 |
4,598 |
4,697 |
4,828 |
4,833 |
