Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2004
55 Mr. English asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs which have been lost since May 2002; the sectors in the economy which have suffered the worst losses; the counties that have been worst affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23622/04]
View answerA total of 62,927 redundancies were notified to my Department between May 2002 and the end of September 2004. Of these, 17,088 were notified between May and December 2002, with 27,702 being notified between January and December 2003 and the balance of 18,137 being notified between January and September 2004. The figure of 18,137 notified redundancies so far this year represents a fall of 10% from the figure for the same period last year (20,148).
For a breakdown of all the sectors which were affected by notified redundancies in this period, I refer the Deputy to the following table 1. For a breakdown of notified redundancies in each county over this period I refer the Deputy to the following table 2.
|
Sector |
May-December 2002 |
January-December 2003 |
January-September 2004 |
Total (May 02 -September 04) |
|
Agriculture/Forestry and Fisheries |
68 |
259 |
200 |
527 |
|
Energy and Water |
178 |
297 |
272 |
747 |
|
Extraction Industry (Chemical Products) |
1471 |
1171 |
868 |
3510 |
|
Metal Manufacturing and Engineering |
4252 |
5958 |
2509 |
12719 |
|
Other Manufacturing |
2210 |
5634 |
3794 |
11638 |
|
Building and Civil Engineering |
1025 |
2101 |
1742 |
4868 |
|
Distributive Trades |
2191 |
4043 |
3762 |
9996 |
|
Transport and Communications |
1786 |
1313 |
1116 |
4215 |
|
Banking, Finance and Insurance |
2339 |
4062 |
2020 |
8421 |
|
Other Services |
1568 |
2864 |
1854 |
6286 |
|
Total |
17,088 |
27,702 |
18,137 |
62,927 |
|
County |
May-December 2002 |
January-December 2003 |
January-Sept. 2004 |
Total (May 02 — September 04) |
|
Laois |
67 |
118 |
194 |
379 |
|
Longford |
86 |
50 |
45 |
181 |
|
Offaly |
373 |
145 |
135 |
653 |
|
Roscommon |
49 |
321 |
57 |
427 |
|
Westmeath |
368 |
681 |
323 |
1,372 |
|
Cork |
1,771 |
3,161 |
1,820 |
6,752 |
|
Kerry |
226 |
593 |
522 |
1,341 |
|
Dublin |
7,569 |
11,656 |
8,051 |
27,276 |
|
Kildare |
281 |
721 |
611 |
1,613 |
|
Meath |
218 |
671 |
377 |
1,266 |
|
Wicklow |
389 |
418 |
358 |
1,165 |
|
Cavan |
65 |
168 |
110 |
343 |
|
Louth |
420 |
606 |
291 |
1,317 |
|
Monaghan |
62 |
335 |
145 |
542 |
|
Galway |
907 |
1,342 |
676 |
2,925 |
|
Mayo |
154 |
476 |
296 |
926 |
|
Clare |
433 |
839 |
499 |
1,771 |
|
Limerick |
993 |
1,550 |
870 |
3,413 |
|
Tipperary |
757 |
637 |
506 |
1,900 |
|
Donegal |
313 |
1,145 |
480 |
1,938 |
|
Leitrim |
32 |
49 |
64 |
145 |
|
Sligo |
72 |
251 |
169 |
492 |
|
Carlow |
103 |
355 |
187 |
645 |
|
Kilkenny |
302 |
327 |
240 |
869 |
|
Waterford |
502 |
652 |
588 |
1,742 |
|
Wexford |
576 |
435 |
523 |
1,534 |
|
Total |
17,088 |
27,702 |
18,137 |
62,927 |
