Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2013
190. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the total number of persons employed in the economy as of the 31 of December 2012, in each of the past seven years to date; the total number of jobs lost and or created in respect of the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/13]
View answer191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the total number of manufacturing jobs lost and or created in each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/13]
View answer192. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the total number of jobs lost or created in the services sectors in each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 190 to 192, inclusive, together.
The answers to these questions come from two different sources. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is used to provide the official estimates of employment while administrative data sources (P35L returns to Revenue Commissioners) are combined with the CSO business register to provide estimates of job creation and job destruction. The two sets of estimates are not directly comparable as QNHS provides estimates below for those employed at a point in time (i.e., Quarter 3) while estimates from administrative sources count each employment record in a given year as a job regardless of duration or nature of employment, (i.e. an employment record is counted as a one job whether the person worked for one week or for one year or whether they worked on a part-time basis, say one hour a week or a full-time basis).
The QNHS is the official source of employment statistics in the State. The most recent figures available for employment levels are for the third quarter of 2012. The following table 1 includes the estimated level of employment in the third quarter of each year from 2005 to 2012. These estimates show that employment initially grew peaking at 2,169,600 in the third quarter of 2007. From 2007 on the level of employment fell, with the greatest reductions recorded in 2009 and 2010. The rate of decline has moderated since 2010 and as of the third quarter of 2012 the annual rate of decline had fallen off to 4,300 or 0.2%, the slowest rate of annual decline since 2008. Estimates of the level of employment by NACE Rev. 2 economic sector up to and including the third quarter of 2012 are also presented in the following table.
Table 1 - Employment by NACE Rev. 2 economic sector, Q3 2005 to Q3 2012
|
-- |
Economic sector (NACE Rev.2) |
Q3 05 |
Q3 06 |
Q3 07 |
Q3 08 |
Q3 09 |
Q3 10 |
Q3 11 |
Q3 12 |
|
A |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
112.7 |
113.6 |
112.2 |
112.5 |
96.2 |
89.9 |
82.4 |
85.6 |
|
B-F |
Total Industry |
533.5 |
573.0 |
578.2 |
532.3 |
409.0 |
361.8 |
347.4 |
332.1 |
|
B-E |
Industry |
297.5 |
303.7 |
307.4 |
296.5 |
255.6 |
245.9 |
238.9 |
231.1 |
|
F |
Construction |
236.0 |
269.3 |
270.8 |
235.8 |
153.4 |
115.9 |
108.5 |
101.1 |
|
G-U |
Total Services |
1,335.9 |
1,387.8 |
1,474.0 |
1,484.0 |
1,440.8 |
1,426.9 |
1,412.1 |
1,420.8 |
|
G |
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
284.8 |
290.2 |
310.9 |
309.9 |
279.0 |
278.1 |
276.5 |
272.7 |
|
H |
Transportation and storage |
93.9 |
92.5 |
92.8 |
95.9 |
97.3 |
92.8 |
96.7 |
90.3 |
|
I |
Accommodation and food service activities |
120.1 |
123.3 |
139.0 |
135.5 |
130.5 |
128.9 |
121.1 |
123.1 |
|
J |
Information and communication |
67.8 |
65.6 |
67.4 |
71.7 |
73.9 |
75.8 |
77.1 |
78.2 |
|
K-L |
Financial, insurance and real estate activities |
94.3 |
97.8 |
106.6 |
106.2 |
110.6 |
100.6 |
99.1 |
102.3 |
|
M |
Professional, scientific and technical activities |
100.1 |
104.8 |
115.4 |
112.6 |
101.3 |
97.4 |
96.6 |
100.4 |
|
N |
Administrative and support service activities |
70.7 |
72.5 |
83.6 |
77.9 |
69.5 |
62.3 |
69.4 |
66.6 |
|
O |
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
100.9 |
104.0 |
107.9 |
107.4 |
104.8 |
104.0 |
99.3 |
99.8 |
|
P |
Education |
122.2 |
128.8 |
133.7 |
139.6 |
139.4 |
149.0 |
137.2 |
140.6 |
|
Q |
Human health and social work activities |
188.8 |
208.8 |
218.9 |
221.9 |
235.9 |
240.3 |
243.5 |
245.0 |
|
R-U |
Other NACE activities |
92.2 |
99.4 |
97.7 |
105.4 |
98.5 |
97.7 |
95.5 |
101.9 |
|
-- |
Other/Not stated |
11.8 |
3.9 |
5.2 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
|
-- |
Total employed persons |
1,994.0 |
2,078.4 |
2,169.6 |
2,136.4 |
1,953.6 |
1,886.1 |
1,845.6 |
1,841.3 |
Information on jobs created and jobs destroyed is only available for the business economy for the years 2006 - 2010. The information supplied relates to all employing enterprises from key sectors of the business economy as classified by the standard European classification of economic activity i.e. NACE Rev2 B-N excluding activities of holding companies; K 64.20. The data source used for this analysis is based on linking the P35L returns from employers to the Revenue Commissioners with the CSO business register.
Job creation for an enterprise in a given year, say 2010, is measured as the difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in 2010 compared to 2009, if that difference is positive (otherwise, job creation is taken to be zero). Job creation in the business economy is then calculated by summing job creation for each enterprise in the business economy.
Job destruction for an enterprise in a given year, say 2010, is measured as the difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in 2010 compared to 2009, if that difference is negative (otherwise, job destruction is taken to be zero). Job destruction in the business economy is then calculated by summing job destruction for each enterprise in the business economy. Note when interpreting figures, job destruction in 2010 means that these jobs were identified in 2009 but not in 2010, as such, the jobs disappeared sometime during 2009.
Using this source job creation figures for the business economy were at there lowest in 2009 at 169,000 before recovering slightly in 2010 to 184,000. Job destruction figures peaked at 512,000 when 2009 was compared with 2008 before dropping back sharply in 2010. Job destruction figures for Manufacturing and Services show similar patterns with big peaks in the figures when 2009 is compared with 2008. While job creation for services showed a similar pattern to the business economy as a whole with a small recovery, job creation figures for manufacturing showed a small decline.
Table 2 Job creation and job destruction figures for the business economy, manufacturing and the services sectors 2006 -2010
|
- |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Business economy excluding activities of holding companies (NACE Rev. 2 Sectors B to N, excluding code 642) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Job creation (Number) |
353,614 |
375,167 |
217,819 |
168,725 |
184,176 |
|
Job destruction (Number) |
198,209 |
228,356 |
349,745 |
511,855 |
290,785 |
|
Manufacturing(NACE Rev. 2 Sector C) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Job creation (Number) |
31,375 |
31,976 |
18,136 |
17,020 |
16,977 |
|
Job destruction (Number) |
20,496 |
25,951 |
34,688 |
54,998 |
29,992 |
|
Business economy services excluding activities of holding companies(NACE Rev. 2 Sectors G to N, excluding code 642) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Job creation (Number) |
248,919 |
280,460 |
167,094 |
135,706 |
149,023 |
|
Job destruction (Number) |
139,528 |
148,406 |
227,482 |
358,296 |
206,309 |
Source: Job Churn statistics, Central Statistics Office
Detailed breakdowns are available at: http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/102
Methodological notes are available at:http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/101
