Job Creation Data

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Questions (62)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost and created in County Kildare in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/16]

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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. The most recent figures available are for Q1 2016.

Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 Mid-East region includes Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable Kildare County estimates from the QNHS.

Table 1a below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Mid-East region in Q1 of each year from 2009 to 2016.

Table 1b shows the annual change in the numbers of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Mid-East region in Q1 of each year from 2010 to 2016.

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 Mid-East region, Q1 2009- Q1 2016.

Q1 09

Q1 10

Q1 11

Q1 12

Q1 13

Q1 14

Q1 15

Q1 16

In employment

232.2

228.6

222.7

228.8

220.6

225.1

234.6

231.4

Table 1b Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by Mid-East region, Q1 2010- Q1 2016 - Annual change

	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16
In employment	-3.7	-5.9	6.1	-8.3	4.6	9.5	-3.2

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.

Reference period: Q1=Jan-Mar