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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Questions (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)

Joe McHugh

Question:

144 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs created in sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/10]

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Joe McHugh

Question:

145 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the sports sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/10]

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Joe McHugh

Question:

146 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the tourism sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/10]

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Joe McHugh

Question:

147 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the energy sector from 2005 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31520/10]

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Joe McHugh

Question:

148 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the communications sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/10]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 148, inclusive, together.

The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. In line with EU requirements the QNHS collects sector of employment information according to the standard EU classification (NACE). The sectors for which data is requested cannot be specifically identified within the NACE classification. The table below shows the number of persons employed in quarter 2 of each year from 2005 to 2010 and the overall change over the period classified by NACE sector as published by the CSO.

Tourism related employment would be spread across sectors (primarily Accommodation and food service activities and Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities) while energy employment (Industry), communications employment (Information and communication) and sports employment (Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities) would in the main be sub-sectors of sectors for which estimates are currently published.

It must also be noted that the table shows the overall number of persons employed at the given points in time. Changes in this stock level cannot be directly interpreted as being a number of jobs created as it is the net change occurring which will be impacted by both new jobs created and jobs lost in the sector in question. Data on number of jobs created is not available from existing data sources.

Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector, Quarter 2 2005 – Quarter 2 2010

’000

Economic sector (NACE Rev. 2)

Apr-Jun ’05

Apr-Jun ’06

Apr-Jun ’07

Apr-Jun ’08

Apr-Jun ’09

Apr-Jun ’10

Change ’05-’10

All persons

A

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

109.8

108.9

108.5

114.8

97.2

84.9

-24.9

B-E

Industry

286.9

293.9

299.0

287.3

258.3

240.1

-46.8

F

Construction

227.5

251.6

269.9

241.4

155.4

125.3

-102.2

G

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

268.7

282.1

297.2

307.3

277.7

269.1

0.4

H

Transportation and storage

90.9

94.2

93.5

92.9

94.6

89.7

-1.2

I

Accommodation and food service activities

116.9

124.8

130.6

125.4

119.8

119.8

2.9

J

Information and communication

65.5

69.8

70.5

71.1

73.5

74.1

8.6

K-L

Financial, insurance and real estate activities

92.2

94.3

101.1

105.1

108.7

103.2

11.0

M

Professional, scientific and technical activities

96.2

101.9

109.8

116.6

102.6

100.9

4.7

N

Administrative and support service activities

66.9

70.3

78.3

76.3

65.9

61.3

-5.6

O

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

98.8

102.4

102.3

102.7

107.7

107.8

9.0

P

Education

126.1

136.3

141.5

146.3

150.4

149.8

23.7

Q

Human health and social work activities

185.6

200.5

210.3

220.8

227.8

234.9

49.3

R-U

Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities

112.7

103.8

101.4

104.7

98.7

98.1

-14.6

Total persons

1,944.6

2,034.9

2,113.9

2,112.8

1,938.5

1,859.1

-85.5

Data may be subject to future revision.

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

Reference period: q1=Jan-Mar, q2=Apr-Jun, q3=Jul-Sep, q4=Oct-Dec.

Source: Quarterly National Houehold Survey, Central Statistics Office.

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