Employment Data

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Questions (118)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

118. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach if, in relation to the Quarterly National Household Survey, quarter 3 of 2013, he will provide a breakdown by sectoral employment of the all persons part of table 5A; and if he will also provide a breakdown of the same part of this table by age, International Labour Organisation economic status and region, respectively. [54426/13]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Paul Kehoe)

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State.

The tables show additional breakdowns of Table 5a of the QNHS Quarter 3 2013 release:

Table 1 - Number of persons aged 15 and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and NACE Rev. 2 economic sector.

Table 2 - Number of persons aged 15 and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and age group.

Table 3 - Number of persons aged 15 and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and ILO economic status (employment) by full-time and part-time employment.

Table 4 - Number of persons aged 15 and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and NUTS3 region.

Table 1 -Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector '000

Employment Status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector	Q3 11	Q2 12	Q3 12	Q4 12	Q1 13	Q2 13	Q3 13
Self-employed (with paid employees)
SECTION A — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	4.2	5.8	5.1	6.0	7.7	8.0	7.9
SECTION B-F — TOTAL INDUSTRY	17.8	19.0	18.6	19.4	19.2	17.9	17.0
Section B-E — Industry	8.3	8.5	8.2	8.9	8.6	8.3	7.7
Section F — Construction	9.5	10.6	10.4	10.5	10.6	9.6	9.3
SECTION G-U TOTAL SERVICES	65.2	63.2	59.2	58.2	61.3	60.9	59.8
Section G - Wholesale & Retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	18.1	17.8	16.4	16.0	17.2	16.5	15.3
Section H - Transportation & Storage	[3.7]	3.9	[3.6]	4.1	[3.6]	[3.6]	[3.5]
Section I - Accommodation & Food service Activities	10.3	10.2	7.9	7.2	7.0	7.3	8.0
Section J - Information & Communication	[3.5]	[3.1]	[2.9]	[3.1]	*	[3.5]	*
Section K-L - Financial, insurance and real estate activities	[3.1]	[3]	[2.6]	[2.7]	[3.2]	*	*
Section M Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	10.7	9.7	9.8	9.6	10.1	11.1	11.3
Section N Administrative & Support Service Activities	[3.4]	[3.1]	[3.1]	[2.6]	[2.7]	*	*
Section O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section P Education	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section Q Human Health and Social Work Activities	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.0	6.1	5.6	5.5
Section R-U Other Services Activities	5.7	5.0	5.4	5.8	6.2	6.1	6.4
Not Stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
All	87.3	88.1	82.9	83.6	88.2	86.8	84.7
Self-employed (with no paid employees)
SECTION A — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	55.6	57.0	54.6	59.8	61.8	65.4	71.0
SECTION B-F — TOTAL INDUSTRY	40.3	37.8	37.6	39.2	41.2	39.8	41.8
Section B-E — Industry	11.0	10.5	10.5	10.3	12.5	11.7	11.2
Section F — Construction	29.3	27.4	27.1	28.9	28.7	28.1	30.6
SECTION G-U TOTAL SERVICES	108.9	109.2	104.4	108.6	112.1	111.8	112.4
Section G - Wholesale & Retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	16.2	15.9	16.5	17.0	17.3	17.2	18.0
Section H - Transportation & Storage	20.5	18.3	18.8	17.5	17.6	16.7	18.0
Section I - Accommodation & Food service Activities	5.2	4.4	4.2	[3.6]	5.0	5.4	5.4
Section J - Information & Communication	9.7	8.0	6.7	8.9	8.3	8.7	9.7
Section K-L - Financial, insurance and real estate activities	4.7	5.0	4.1	5.0	4.6	5.0	5.1
Section M Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	18.6	21.5	19.0	19.9	21.8	21.9	20.4
Section N Administrative & Support Service Activities	6.0	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.2	5.8	6.6
Section O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section P Education	5.9	4.9	4.3	5.6	5.8	[4.2]	[4.4]
Section Q Human Health and Social Work Activities	7.0	8.3	8.1	8.4	7.3	7.9	6.6
Section R-U Other Services Activities	15.0	15.9	16.0	15.4	17.0	17.9	17.1
Not Stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
All	205.0	204.2	196.8	207.5	215.3	217.0	225.2
Employee
SECTION A — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	18.4	17.9	19.0	18.3	20.0	23.3	25.1
SECTION B-F — TOTAL INDUSTRY	288.3	273.2	274.5	280.2	272.7	282.0	286.7
Section B-E — Industry	219.2	212.1	211.6	217.4	216.4	218.0	222.4
Section F — Construction	69.0	61.1	62.9	62.8	56.3	64.0	64.3
SECTION G-U TOTAL SERVICES	1233.2	1238.6	1250.3	1241.5	1233.2	1244.5	1259.8
Section G - Wholesale & Retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	240.8	233.4	238.1	239.0	237.7	236.2	237.9
Section H - Transportation & Storage	72.2	68.4	67.5	66.9	66.9	64.9	66.1
Section I - Accommodation & Food service Activities	104.4	104.6	109.6	106.4	107.6	116.1	123.1
Section J - Information & Communication	63.9	69.9	68.4	70.7	66.2	68.0	69.4
Section K-L - Financial, insurance and real estate activities	91.3	91.2	95.6	95.0	91.8	91.6	93.9
Section M Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	66.8	70.9	71.0	72.2	71.6	74.4	79.3
Section N Administrative & Support Service Activities	59.8	53.3	57.1	54.1	50.6	49.7	55.2
Section O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	99.0	98.7	98.9	94.8	93.8	94.0	94.8
Section P Education	130.0	139.6	134.1	137.7	139.1	143.2	134.0
Section Q Human Health and Social Work Activities	230.8	229.6	230.8	230.9	232.4	229.5	230.8
Section R-U Other Services Activities	74.2	78.9	79.1	73.8	75.6	77.0	75.4
Not Stated	[3.5]	*	*	[3.2]	*	*	*
All	1543.3	1531.3	1546.4	1543.1	1527.3	1550.8	1573.6
Assisting relative
SECTION A — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	4.2	6.3	6.8	6.0	6.7	6.8	6.6
SECTION B-F — TOTAL INDUSTRY	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section B-E — Industry	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section F — Construction	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
SECTION G-U TOTAL SERVICES	4.8	5.0	6.8	7.0	6.9	7.0	7.2
Section G - Wholesale & Retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section H - Transportation & Storage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section I - Accommodation & Food service Activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section J - Information & Communication	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section K-L - Financial, insurance and real estate activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section M Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section N Administrative & Support Service Activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section P Education	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section Q Human Health and Social Work Activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Section R-U Other Services Activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Not Stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
All	10.0	12.6	15.2	14.7	14.9	15.3	15.7
Total persons
SECTION A — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	82.4	87.1	85.6	90.0	96.2	103.4	110.6
SECTION B-F — TOTAL INDUSTRY	347.4	331.3	332.1	340.4	334.3	341.1	347.3
Section B-E — Industry	238.9	231.7	231.1	237.2	238.0	238.4	242.0
Section F — Construction	108.5	99.6	101.1	103.2	96.3	102.7	105.4
SECTION G-U TOTAL SERVICES	1412.1	1416.0	1420.8	1415.3	1413.5	1424.2	1439.2
Section G - Wholesale & Retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	276.5	268.2	272.7	273.4	274.1	271.5	273.3
Section H - Transportation & Storage	96.7	90.9	90.3	89.0	88.8	86.0	88.2
Section I - Accommodation & Food service Activities	121.1	120.0	123.1	118.3	120.3	129.6	137.7
Section J - Information & Communication	77.1	81.2	78.2	83.2	77.4	80.4	82.0
Section K-L - Financial, insurance and real estate activities	99.1	99.3	102.3	102.8	99.7	98.9	101.5
Section M Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	96.6	102.6	100.4	102.2	103.9	108.0	111.3
Section N Administrative & Support Service Activities	69.4	63.0	66.6	63.2	59.5	58.0	64.7
Section O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	99.3	99.6	99.7	96.0	95.2	95.1	96.1
Section P Education	137.2	146.3	140.6	145.3	147.5	150.3	140.8
Section Q Human Health and Social Work Activities	243.5	244.4	245.0	245.7	247.5	244.6	243.6
Section R-U Other Services Activities	95.5	100.6	101.9	96.2	99.8	101.8	99.9
Not Stated	[3.8]	*	[2.8]	[3.2]	*	*	*
All	1845.6	1836.2	1841.3	1848.9	1845.6	1869.9	1899.3

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

* Estimates are too small to be considered reliable;

Parentheses [ ] indicate where estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution;

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.

Table 2 - Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and age group

'000

Employment Status and age group	Q3 11	Q2 12	Q3 12	Q4 12	Q1 13	Q2 13	Q3 13
Self-employed (with paid employees)
15-19	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
20-24	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
25-34	9.6	8.1	8.2	7.6	8.4	7.5	8.0
35-44	27.4	29.3	27.7	27.9	25.3	22.7	22.1
45-54	27.3	26.6	25.2	25.1	28.2	28.8	28.3
55-59	10.0	10.7	10.5	10.3	9.8	12.1	10.8
60-64	7.1	7.0	6.1	6.7	9.7	8.8	8.7
65+	5.5	6.0	5.2	5.8	6.5	6.4	6.3
All	87.3	88.1	82.9	83.6	88.2	86.8	84.7
Self-employed (with no paid employees)
15-19	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
20-24	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
25-34	27.4	26.8	25.0	26.8	28.6	26.1	25.8
35-44	54.1	52.3	47.2	48.5	51.4	53.3	53.5
45-54	55.6	54.9	54.8	57.4	61.2	61.5	66.3
55-59	25.6	23.7	23.8	24.8	25.9	25.1	27.0
60-64	19.9	21.5	22.5	23.6	21.5	23.3	23.1
65+	20.3	22.9	21.9	25.0	24.7	25.8	27.7
All	205.0	204.2	196.8	207.5	215.3	217.0	225.2
Employee
15-19	29.5	23.4	30.0	27.1	22.9	24.8	32.5
20-24	137.7	124.7	127.1	121.9	118.8	122.6	127.8
25-34	478.0	475.9	474.6	474.3	460.1	465.3	465.5
35-44	407.1	409.3	416.2	417.4	424.0	430.9	435.7
45-54	307.7	313.3	317.0	319.0	316.2	319.2	320.5
55-59	104.7	107.8	106.2	109.0	109.4	112.0	113.4
60-64	61.2	59.2	58.1	57.4	58.8	58.0	59.4
65+	17.4	17.6	17.1	17.0	17.0	18.0	18.8
All	1543.3	1531.3	1546.4	1543.1	1527.3	1550.8	1573.6
Assisting relative
15-19	*	*	[3]	[2.4]	*	*	*
20-24	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
25-34	*	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*
35-44	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
45-54	*	*	[2.5]	*	*	[2.7]	[2.8]
55-59	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
60-64	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
65+	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
All	10.0	12.6	15.2	14.7	14.9	15.3	15.7
Total persons
15-19	31.0	25.3	33.1	29.7	24.7	26.9	35.1
20-24	141.3	129.1	130.6	124.7	123.1	127.0	131.9
25-34	516.7	513.6	510.4	511.1	499.8	501.7	501.2
35-44	490.2	492.3	492.4	495.9	502.5	508.9	513.4
45-54	391.9	396.4	399.3	403.6	408.1	412.2	417.8
55-59	141.1	143.0	141.7	145.3	146.2	150.2	152.0
60-64	88.9	88.8	87.7	89.3	91.5	91.2	92.6
65+	44.5	47.8	46.0	49.3	49.7	51.9	55.3
All	1845.6	1836.2	1841.3	1848.9	1845.6	1869.9	1899.3

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

* Estimates are too small to be considered reliable;

Parentheses [ ] indicate where estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution;

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.

Table 3 - Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and full-time and part-time employment '000

Employment Status and full-time and part-time employment	Q3 11	Q2 12	Q3 12	Q4 12	Q1 13	Q2 13	Q3 13
Self-employed (with paid employees)
Full-time job	81.5	81.4	76.9	77.0	80.4	79.7	77.6
Part-time job	5.7	6.7	6.1	6.6	7.8	7.1	7.1
All	87.3	88.1	82.9	83.6	88.2	86.8	84.7
Self-employed (with no paid employees)
Full-time job	162.0	159.8	152.7	158.8	165.7	171.1	179.5
Part-time job	43.0	44.4	44.1	48.8	49.5	45.9	45.7
All	205.0	204.2	196.8	207.5	215.3	217.0	225.2
Employee
Full-time job	1163.3	1150.3	1159.7	1157.1	1138.7	1160.0	1185.1
Part-time job	380.0	381.0	386.7	386.0	388.5	390.8	388.6
All	1543.3	1531.3	1546.4	1543.1	1527.3	1550.8	1573.6
Assisting relative
Full-time job	4.5	4.7	5.8	5.8	6.3	7.0	6.4
Part-time job	5.6	7.9	9.4	8.8	8.6	8.3	9.3
All	10.0	12.6	15.2	14.7	14.9	15.3	15.7
Total persons
Full-time job	1411.3	1396.2	1395.0	1398.7	1391.1	1417.8	1448.6
Part-time job	434.3	440.0	446.3	450.2	454.4	452.1	450.7
All	1845.6	1836.2	1841.3	1848.9	1845.6	1869.9	1899.3

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 Household Survey, Central Statistics Office

Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status and NUTS3 region

'000

Employment Status and NUTS3 Region	Q3 11	Q2 12	Q3 12	Q4 12	Q1 13	Q2 13	Q3 13
Self-employed (with paid employees)
Border	9.3	6.8	6.2	7.4	7.4	7.9	8.2
Midland	4.1	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.6	6.1	5.6
West	6.6	7.8	7.0	6.9	8.3	7.0	6.9
Dublin	23.5	23.7	21.7	20.7	21.2	22.9	21.1
Mid-East	11.8	10.8	9.5	10.4	11.4	10.3	11.0
Mid-West	8.0	7.7	7.7	6.8	7.2	6.4	6.1
South-East	8.8	11.5	11.5	10.7	11.6	10.5	10.9
South-West	15.0	15.0	14.3	15.6	15.3	15.6	14.8
All	87.3	88.1	82.9	83.6	88.2	86.8	84.7
Self-employed (with no paid employees)
Border	22.6	23.4	21.5	24.4	26.2	26.3	25.4
Midland	12.6	12.0	12.3	11.2	9.8	11.5	14.3
West	24.3	25.1	23.8	24.6	27.3	27.0	26.7
Dublin	46.6	46.8	40.8	44.6	45.9	47.9	47.0
Mid-East	23.9	23.8	24.5	26.8	26.2	24.9	26.3
Mid-West	19.3	19.2	19.5	19.6	18.8	19.2	21.0
South-East	24.6	22.4	22.1	22.6	25.1	25.0	26.0
South-West	31.0	31.6	32.4	33.7	36.1	35.3	38.5
All	205.0	204.2	196.8	207.5	215.3	217.0	225.2
Employee
Border	152.3	143.2	142.7	138.3	142.1	147.5	146.8
Midland	84.6	87.6	86.7	88.7	90.6	91.2	90.1
West	148.3	144.6	148.9	147.2	146.5	148.1	150.0
Dublin	472.3	475.7	484.2	489.2	478.4	482.5	500.1
Mid-East	190.1	187.2	188.6	187.0	181.3	182.2	177.6
Mid-West	126.2	121.9	122.8	122.7	119.5	123.9	124.1
South-East	148.3	148.7	146.7	144.8	145.7	148.5	153.6
South-West	221.3	222.5	225.7	225.4	223.3	227.0	231.4
All	1543.3	1531.3	1546.4	1543.1	1527.3	1550.8	1573.6
Assisting relative
Border	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Midland	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dublin	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mid-East	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mid-West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
South-East	*	[3.4]	[3.6]	[3.7]	4.3	[3.8]	[3.2]
South-West	[2.7]	*	[2.6]	[2.4]	[2.4]	[2.7]	*
All	10.0	12.6	15.2	14.7	14.9	15.3	15.7
Total persons
Border	185.1	174.6	172.4	171.5	176.8	183.1	181.8
Midland	101.7	105.2	105.3	105.7	106.9	109.7	111.2
West	180.9	179.5	181.9	180.9	184.0	183.7	185.6
Dublin	543.5	547.4	548.4	556.3	547.1	555.1	570.1
Mid-East	226.6	222.7	223.5	225.5	220.6	219.0	216.7
Mid-West	154.0	150.1	150.9	150.1	146.5	150.9	153.1
South-East	183.8	186.0	183.8	181.8	186.5	187.7	193.8
South-West	270.1	270.7	274.9	277.0	277.1	280.7	287.1
All	1845.6	1836.2	1841.3	1848.9	1845.6	1869.9	1899.3

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

* Estimates are too small to be considered reliable;

Parentheses [ ] indicate where estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution;

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.