The Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies has been operating in Ireland for over 80 years, and together they directly employ 3,725 people across three business sectors: medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer.

Johnson and Johnson operates across nine commercial and manufacturing sites in Dublin, Limerick and Cork. In 2016, Johnson & Johnson invested €161 million across all of its sites. In October 2017 Janssen Sciences Ireland, the pharmaceutical company of J&J, announced a considerable investment in its Cork biologics manufacturing facility. The €300 million expansion of the existing facility will see 450 construction jobs created along with 200 permanent jobs.

In keeping with the Johnson and Johnson credo and ensuring that the J&J Family of Companies have a direct impact on the communities in which their employees live and work, more than €750,000 was spent on philanthropic contributions in 2016 through donations to local charities, employee volunteerism and other community initiatives, touching the lives of people throughout Ireland.

J&J are deeply committed to building a diverse community by mobilising brilliant minds that ignite great ideas. As part of this commitment, J&J currently partners with ten universities around the world to encourage and support female undergraduates enrolling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related disciplines. In September 2017 J&J and University of Limerick entered the second year of their collaborative education WiSTEM2D programme. The program is part of a broader effort to accelerate the development of women leaders and support women at all stages of their lives and to improve global health.