Employment Data

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Questions (135)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

135. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Taoiseach the number of persons at work in County Kerry in March 2011, March 2012, March 2013 and March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/14]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

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. Estimates of employment are produced at NUTS 3 Region level. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable county level estimates from the QNHS. County Kerry is part of the South –West NUTS3 Region. In addition data from the QNHS is only available on a quarterly basis and consequently data for the month of March is included in quarter 1 results.

Table 1 shows the number of employed (ILO) persons aged 15 years and over classified by the South-West NUTS3 Region for Q1 2011, 2012 and 2013. Data is not yet available for Q1 2014.

Table 1 - Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NUTS3 region (South-West), Q1 2011-2013 (,000)

NUTS3 Region (South-West)	Q1 2011	Q1 2012	Q1 2013
Total employment	264.6	266.6	277.1

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Reference period: q1=January-March.

As the Q4 2013 estimate is the most recent QNHS estimate available, table 2 is also provided for information and shows the number of employed (ILO) persons aged 15 years and over classified by the South-West NUTS3 Region for Q4 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Table 2 - Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NUTS3 region (South-West), Q4 2011-2013 (,000)

NUTS3 Region (South-West)	Q4 2011	Q4 2012	Q4 2013
Total employment	269.1	277.0	280.6

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Reference period: q4=October-December.