Employment Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2006

Tuesday, 4 July 2006

Questions (129)

Arthur Morgan

Question:

142 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of people residing here who are in employment in the Six Counties; and the number of people who reside in the Six Counties who are in employment here, both overall and by county of residence or location of employment. [25941/06]

Written answers

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

Statistics on residents here who are working in Northern Ireland are estimated from the Quarterly National Household Survey and are presented in the following table. These figures are available at State level only.

Persons in employment(ILO) whose place of work is outside the State, December-February 2006

Country of normal place of work	’000
Northern Ireland	4.1
Other United Kingdom	1.2
All Other	2.5
Total	7.8

Note: Data may be subject to future revision.

Note: Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey.

Corresponding statistics relating to residents of Northern Ireland working in the Republic are not available.