Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 Nov 1999

Vol. 510 No. 6

Written Answers. - Employment Statistics.

Cecilia Keaveney

Question:

104 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Taoiseach the number of persons at work in the industry and services sectors in County Donegal in the past two years for which figures are available; and the number engaged in industry in the county in these years. [23355/99]

The Taoiseach:

The quarterly national household survey – prior to 1998 the labour force survey – gives information on the numbers of persons at work in different sectors but only at the regional level and not at county level. The numbers of persons at work in the industrial and services sectors in recent years in the Border region are as follows:

Number of persons at work in the Border Region (thousands)

Year	Industry Sector	Services Sector
1995	36.6	70.1
1996	36.0	69.1
1997	39.8	69.8
1998 (2nd Quarter)	35.9	75.0
1999 (2nd Quarter)	38.1	81.1

(The Border region consists of counties Louth, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo).

Information at county level is available from the censuses of population, the most recent of which was held in 1991 and 1996. The information for County Donegal is as follows:

Number of persons at work in County Donegal (thousands)

Year	Industry Sector	Services Sector
1991	8.7	14.9
1996	10.7	17.7

County information is available annually from the census of industrial production which covers industrial or firms with three or more persons engaged. The numbers of persons engaged in industry in County Donegal for the three most recent years for which results are available are as follows:

Numbers of persons engaged in Industry in County Donegal (thousands)

1995	10.3
1996	10.0
1997	9.8

No annual county information is available for the services sector.