Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which these jobs were created by companies obtaining such investment. [35040/18]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is available on the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) website at http://isif.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ISIF-H1-2018-Update-published.pdf.
I have been advised by ISIF that as at end December 2017, ISIF supported 30,786 direct and indirect jobs in the Irish economy.
The regional breakdown of those jobs is set out in the table:
|
Region |
Jobs |
|
Dublin |
50% |
|
Leinster excluding Dublin |
21% |
|
Munster |
22% |
|
Connacht |
4% |
|
Ulster |
3% |
