Statistics

This section gives comprehensive data in relation to IDA activity and also updates historic data to enable year on year comparisons. It details the impact of IDA supported companies on the economy, the cost per job created and sustained and also provides the updated employment data for comparison with previous years, by sector and region.


Indicator	2006 Value
No. of Greenfield Projects	39
No. of Expansion Projects	32
Capital Investment in Approved Projects	€2.6bn
Average Salary in New Investments	€ 42,000
Annual Corporate Tax Payments of IDA Client Companies	€2.8bn (est)
No. of Approved R&D Capability and Research,Technology Development and Innovation Projects by IDA Client Companies	54
Employment Creation (New Jobs)	11,846
IDA supported / initiated Industry-Academia R&D Collaborations	5
No. of IDA Client Companies investing more than €250,000 per annum on R&D	212
No. of IDA Client Companies with significant corporate R&D mandate	168
No. of IDA Client Companies with mandate to supply product and services to Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets	500

Economic impact of IDA Supported Companies
	€ billion2003	€ billion2004	€ billion2005	% Change 2004-2005
Sales	72.469	73.872	77.371	4.7%
Exports	68.574	69.819	73.769	5.7%
Direct Expenditure in the Economy of which	15.874	15.510	14.922	- 3.8%
Payroll Costs	5.269	5.615	5.724	1.9%
Irish Materials	4.441	3.733	3.438	-7.9%
Irish Services	6.164	6.162	5.760	- 6.5%
Direct Expenditure as % of Sales	21.9%	21.0%	19.3%	–

Source: Based on the Annual Business Survey of Economic Impact, co-ordinated by Forfás and administered by the Survey Unit of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

Note 1: The Survey is based on manufacturing and internationally traded services companies with 10 or more employees (excluding regulated financial services companies).

Note 2: Results are based on companies responding to the Survey in 2006 (grossed-up to reflect non-respondents). Results can vary from previous estimates due to revisions made by companies and differences in the profile of respondents from one Survey period to the next.

New Jobs by Sector in IDA Supported Companies
Sector	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare	1,522	1,490	1,443	1,154	1,065
Information & Communications Technologies (ICT)	2,615	2,457	2,815	3,147	3,386
Engineering	609	580	514	419	385
Miscellaneous Industry	684	314	150	412	377
International & Financial Services	5,071	4,558	6,050	6,900	6,633
Total	10,501	9,399	10,972	12,032	11,846

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2006

Note 1: New jobs are all new first time jobs and jobs filled in companies recovering their employment levels from cutbacks in previous years.

Note 2: Sectors are defined by NACE code, which is the standard statistical classification of economic activities in the EU.

Cost per Job Sustained
Constant 2006 Prices
	1991 - 1997	1992 - 1998	1993 - 1999	1994 - 2000	1995 - 2001	1996 - 2002	1997 - 2003	1998 - 2004	1999 - 2005	2000 - 2006
IDA Ireland(€)	20,218	19,319	17,021	15,841	15,776	17,925	17,620	15,641	13,758	12,485

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2006

Note: The cost per job sustained is calculated by taking into account all IDA Ireland expenditure to all firms in the period of calculation. Only jobs created during and sustained to the end of each seven year period are credited in the calculations.

Origin of IDA Supported Companies
Origin	No. of Companies	Total Employment
US	470	95,515
Germany	122	10,782
UK	111	7,356
Rest of Europe	201	16,504
Asia Pacific	39	2,991
Rest of the World	37	2,339
Total	980	135,487

Total Employment by Region in IDA Supported Companies
Area / Region	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% change
BORDER
North-West / Donegal	5,861	5,916	5,998	5,709	5,107	-10.5%
North-East	4,286	3,717	3,628	3,478	3,385	-2.7%
WEST & MID-WEST
West	11,858	11,977	11,963	12,949	12,896	-0.4%
Mid-West	11,963	11,128	11,001	11,372	11,746	+3.3%
MIDLANDS & EAST
Midlands	5,639	4,976	4,903	5,413	5,383	-0.6%
East	61,318	60,272	60,993	62,052	64,777	+4.4%
SOUTH
South-West	19,526	19,279	19,715	19,927	20,840	+4.6%
South-East	11,077	11,055	10,900	10,792	11,353	+5.2%
Total - IDA IRELAND	131,528	128,320	129,101	131,692	135,487	+2.9%

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2006.

Employment In IDA Supported Companies
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
New Jobs Filled	14,582	15,812	17,738	22,802	12,847	10,501	9,399	10,972	12,032	11,846
Number of Companies	1,089	1,152	1,258	1,250	1,176	1,097	1,066	1,025	1,009	980
Full-time Employment	108,588	117,447	126,094	140,784	136,167	131,528	128,320	129,101	131,692	135,487
Net Change in Full-time Employment	9,707	8,859	8,647	14,690	- 4,617	- 4,639	-3,208	781	2,591	3,795
% Net Change	+9.8%	+8.2%	+7.4%	+11.7%	- 3.3%	- 3.4%	- 2.4%	+0.6%	+2.0%	+2.9%
Job losses	-4,875	- 6,953	- 9,091	- 8,112	- 17,464	- 15,140	- 12,607	- 10,191	- 9,441	-8,051
Job losses as % Total Jobs	-4.5%	-5.9%	-7.2%	-5.8%	- 12.8%	- 11.5%	- 9.8%	- 7.9%	- 7.2%	- 5.9%
other Employment	13,465	15,159	15,573	14,641	11,938	12,322	14,710	17,106	17,455	16,607

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2006.

Total Employment by Sector in IDA Supported Companies
Sector	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change 2005-2006
Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare	19,016	19,378	20,047	20,191	20,207	+0.1%
Information & Communications Technologies(ICT)	43,158	40,838	41,480	42,544	43,661	+2.6%
Engineering	16,730	15,529	14,153	13,749	13,161	- 4.3%
Miscellaneous Industry	9,845	9,105	8,062	7,952	7,437	- 6.5%
International & Financial Services	42,779	43,470	45,359	47,256	51,021	+8.0%
Total	131,528	128,320	129,101	131,692	135,487	+2.9%

Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2006.

Note: Sectors are defined by NACE code, which is the standard statistical classification of economic activities in the EU.