Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 May 2014
132. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual year on year figure for the number of workers commuting from the South to work in the north of Ireland and the number of workers commuting from the North to work in the south of Ireland since 2004-5. [18382/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is not available on an annual basis. However, the following table contains the information available from the Census of Population for the years 2006 and 2011 regarding the number of workers commuting from the Republic of Ireland to work in Northern Ireland.Republic of Ireland residents with place of work in Northern Ireland, Census 2006 and 2011
|
Census Year |
Number of persons |
|
2011 |
6,419 |
|
2006 |
5,277 |
The number of workers commuting from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland is based on the Northern Ireland census (carried out every ten years) and the 2011 data has not yet been published.
