Fergus O'Dowd
Question:174. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost and gained in County Louth in each of the past six years and in 2015, to date. [8089/15]
View answerTuesday, 24 February 2015
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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. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2014. Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS3 Border region includes Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable Louth County estimates from the QNHS.
Table 1a below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS3 Border region in Q3 of each year from 2008 to 2014.
Table 1b shows the annual change in the numbers of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS3 Border region in Q3 of each year from 2009 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 NUTS3 Border region, Q3 2008 - Q3 2014
'000
|
- |
Q3 08 |
Q3 09 |
Q310 |
Q3 11 |
Q3 12 |
Q3 13 |
Q3 14 |
|
In employment |
216.1 |
198.5 |
190.5 |
185.1 |
172.4 |
181.8 |
190.7 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Reference period: q3=Jul-Sep.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Table 1b Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NUTS3 Border region, Q3 2009 - Q3 2014
Annual change
'000
|
- |
Q3 09 |
Q3 10 |
Q3 11 |
Q3 12 |
Q3 13 |
Q3 14 |
|
In employment |
-17.6 |
-8.0 |
-5.4 |
-12.7 |
9.4 |
8.9 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Reference period: q3=Jul-Sep.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.