Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 January 2015
145. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the total number of jobs lost in the services sectors in each of the past five years to date; the number of new jobs created in the same period; the degree to which a positive trend has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48693/14]
View answerThe Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The latest figures available from the QNHS are for Quarter 3 of 2014.
Table 1a below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the Services sectors, classified by NACE Rev. 2. in Quarter 3 of each year from 2010 to 2014.
Table 1b shows the annual change in the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the Services sectors, classified by NACE Rev. 2, in Quarter 3 of each year from 2011 to 2014.
As Table 1a shows the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the annual changes which are calculated using these stock figures depend both on the number of jobs lost and jobs created over the period in question. The QNHS does not record whether a job is newly created.
Table 1a Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector, Q3 2010-Q3 2014.
'000
|
Q3 10 |
Q3 11 |
Q3 12 |
Q3 13 |
Q3 14 |
|
|
Total Services |
1,426.9 |
1,412.1 |
1,420.8 |
1,439.2 |
1,460.2 |
|
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles |
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|
and motorcycles |
278.1 |
276.5 |
272.7 |
273.3 |
275.2 |
|
Transportation and storage |
92.8 |
96.7 |
90.3 |
88.2 |
87.5 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities |
128.9 |
121.1 |
123.1 |
137.7 |
139.8 |
|
Information and communication |
75.8 |
77.1 |
78.2 |
82.0 |
79.3 |
|
Financial, insurance and real estate activities |
100.6 |
99.1 |
102.3 |
101.5 |
103.1 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical activities |
97.4 |
96.6 |
100.4 |
111.3 |
116.9 |
|
Administrative and support service activities |
62.3 |
69.4 |
66.6 |
64.7 |
65.2 |
|
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
104.0 |
99.3 |
99.7 |
96.1 |
98.1 |
|
Education |
149.0 |
137.2 |
140.6 |
140.8 |
144.1 |
|
Human health and social work activities |
240.3 |
243.5 |
245.0 |
243.6 |
249.5 |
|
Other NACE activities |
97.7 |
95.5 |
101.9 |
99.9 |
101.6 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Table 1b Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector, Q3 2011-Q3 2014 - Annual change
'000
|
Q3 11 |
Q3 12 |
Q3 13 |
Q3 14 |
|
|
Total Services |
-14.8 |
8.7 |
18.4 |
21.1 |
|
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles |
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|
and motorcycles |
-1.6 |
-3.8 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
|
Transportation and storage |
3.8 |
-6.3 |
-2.1 |
-0.8 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities |
-7.8 |
2.0 |
14.7 |
2.1 |
|
Information and communication |
1.3 |
1.1 |
3.8 |
-2.7 |
|
Financial, insurance and real estate activities |
-1.5 |
3.1 |
-0.7 |
1.6 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical activities |
-0.7 |
3.8 |
10.9 |
5.6 |
|
Administrative and support service activities |
7.1 |
-2.9 |
-1.9 |
0.5 |
|
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
-4.7 |
0.5 |
-3.7 |
2.0 |
|
Education |
-11.8 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
3.4 |
|
Human health and social work activities |
3.2 |
1.5 |
-1.4 |
5.9 |
|
Other NACE activities |
-2.2 |
6.4 |
-1.9 |
1.7 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles information on jobs created and jobs lost by linking P35L returns from the Revenue Commissioners with the CSO Business Register. The most recent data available is for the reference year 2013.
Job creation for an enterprise in a given reference year is measured as the positive difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in the reference year compared with the previous year. Job creation in the business economy as a whole is the sum of all enterprise job creation.
Jobs lost for an enterprise in a given reference year is measured as the negative difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in the reference year compared with the previous year. Jobs lost in the services sectors as a whole is the sum of all enterprise jobs lost. It should be noted that when interpreting figures, jobs lost for a particular year means that these jobs were identified in the previous year but not in the reference year, that is some of these jobs may have disappeared sometime during the previous year. Net job creation is calculated as the difference between job creation and jobs lost.
The calculation of rates for a given year is based on the average number of jobs counted in the given year and the year previous to the given year.
Considering the services sectors as Business Economy services excluding activities of holding companies (G to N,-642), jobs lost rates fell from 27% in 2009 before stabilizing at 12% from 2011 onwards. Job Creation rates rose from 8% in 2009 to fluctuate between 11% and 14% in the years 2010 to 2013.
Table 2 Employment records, job creation, jobs lost and net job creation for the Business Economy services excluding activities of holding companies (G to N,-642), 2009 – 2013
|
Job Churn Components by Activity NACE Rev 2, statistical indicator and Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
|
Business economy services excluding activities of holding companies (G to N,-642) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
1,218,442 |
1,172,340 |
1,195,482 |
1,215,787 |
1,222,122 |
|
Job creation rate |
8% |
12% |
14% |
13% |
11% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
27% |
17% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
113,490 |
148,285 |
165,909 |
157,789 |
133,473 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
358,036 |
203,000 |
144,848 |
138,816 |
146,152 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-244,546 |
-54,715 |
21,061 |
18,973 |
-12,679 |
|
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
402,920 |
386,564 |
388,272 |
387,260 |
390,911 |
|
Job creation rate |
7% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
9% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
28% |
14% |
11% |
11% |
13% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
29,632 |
37,881 |
43,355 |
42,066 |
37,561 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
125,393 |
54,480 |
42,172 |
43,341 |
52,924 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-95,761 |
-16,599 |
1,183 |
-1,275 |
-15,363 |
|
Transportation and storage (H) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
94,177 |
88,505 |
88,532 |
85,394 |
84,658 |
|
Job creation rate |
5% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
16% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
4,988 |
8,078 |
8,162 |
7,400 |
6,953 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
16,398 |
12,247 |
9,393 |
8,948 |
7,689 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-11,410 |
-4,169 |
-1,231 |
-1,548 |
-736 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities (I) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
220,305 |
210,140 |
217,271 |
226,839 |
227,663 |
|
Job creation rate |
10% |
14% |
17% |
17% |
13% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
30% |
19% |
14% |
13% |
13% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
25,015 |
30,385 |
36,298 |
37,268 |
30,399 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
73,859 |
39,898 |
29,561 |
27,967 |
29,575 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-48,844 |
-9,513 |
6,737 |
9,301 |
824 |
|
Information and communication (J) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
85,098 |
85,612 |
85,627 |
92,200 |
92,358 |
|
Job creation rate |
13% |
18% |
16% |
19% |
14% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
25% |
19% |
15% |
12% |
14% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
12,033 |
15,367 |
13,723 |
16,940 |
13,371 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
22,680 |
16,050 |
12,943 |
10,435 |
13,213 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-10,647 |
-683 |
780 |
6,505 |
158 |
|
Financial and insurance activities excluding activities of holding companies (K-642) |
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|
Employment records (Number) |
103,374 |
110,741 |
114,568 |
116,665 |
114,828 |
|
Job creation rate |
4% |
12% |
13% |
9% |
7% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
14% |
6% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
4,015 |
12,828 |
14,213 |
10,894 |
7,974 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
15,668 |
6,877 |
10,375 |
9,408 |
9,811 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-11,653 |
5,951 |
3,838 |
1,486 |
-1,837 |
|
Real estate activities (L) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
17,090 |
15,620 |
17,906 |
18,164 |
18,610 |
|
Job creation rate |
14% |
19% |
30% |
18% |
16% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
36% |
28% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
2,693 |
3,096 |
4,964 |
3,191 |
2,903 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
6,963 |
4,542 |
2,797 |
2,379 |
2,457 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-4,270 |
-1,446 |
2,167 |
812 |
446 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
117,607 |
114,531 |
118,859 |
120,599 |
122,160 |
|
Job creation rate |
8% |
13% |
17% |
15% |
12% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
26% |
21% |
14% |
15% |
11% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
10,927 |
15,305 |
20,240 |
18,532 |
15,038 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
33,804 |
25,534 |
16,073 |
18,295 |
13,477 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-22,877 |
-10,229 |
4,167 |
237 |
1,561 |
|
Administrative and support service activities (N) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment records (Number) |
177,871 |
160,627 |
164,447 |
168,666 |
170,934 |
|
Job creation rate |
12% |
15% |
15% |
13% |
11% |
|
Jobs lost rate |
32% |
26% |
13% |
11% |
10% |
|
Job creation (Number) |
24,187 |
25,345 |
24,954 |
21,498 |
19,274 |
|
Jobs lost (Number) |
63,271 |
43,372 |
21,534 |
18,043 |
17,006 |
|
Net job creation (Number) |
-39,084 |
-18,027 |
3,420 |
3,455 |
2,268 |
