It comes as companies continue to cite cost pressures as major concern.
More than 12,000 new jobs were created by Enterprise Ireland-backed companies last year.
The agency says its 2025 end-of-year results show a net employment gain of nearly three thousand.
Almost 70% of new jobs were created outside Dublin, although companies continue to cite cost pressures as a major concern.
Enterprise Minister and Longford-Westmeath TD Peter Burke is rejecting claims the Government has failed to address those issues:
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