Employment Levels.

Tuesday, 13 December 2005

Questions (109, 110)

Arthur Morgan

Question:

138 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number and percentage of overall workers in County Donegal who worked in the textile sector on 31 December 1994 and on 31 December 2004. [38926/05]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The relevant information from the census of industrial production is set out in the following table. The most recent results at county level are for 2003.

Number of persons engaged — Textile Industries and All Industries, County Donegal, September 1994 and 2003.

	September 1994	September 2003
	Number of persons	% of industrial employment	Number of persons	% of industrial employment
Manufacture of Textiles	4,696	49	1,553	24
(NACE 17-18)All Industries	9,621	100	6,358	100

Arthur Morgan

Question:

139 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the percentage unemployment rate in County Donegal. [39088/05]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Unemployment estimates are compiled at a regional level from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 10,900 people classified as unemployed in the Border region in the June to August quarter of 2005. This equates to an unemployment rate of 5.1% for the Border region, which is composed of counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo. Sub-regional statistics of the kind requested by the Deputy are not available from the quarterly national household survey.