Job Creation

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Questions (191)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which employment in the manufacturing sector has grown in the past five years to date. [7331/22]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of employment estimates in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2021.

The LFS sectoral employment figures are based on the EU NACE Rev. 2 classification.

The table below shows the number of persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) in the NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector C (Manufacturing), Q3 2016 - 2021 and the five year change.

Number of persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) in the NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector C (Manufacturing), Q3 2016 - 2021 and the five year change

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	Q3 2016	Q3 2017	Q3 2018	Q3 2019	Q3 2020	Q3 2021	Change Q3 2016 to Q3 2021
Employment in the Manufacturing Sector	256.6	257.0	254.1	261.1	263.8	276 .1	+ 19.5 (+7.6%)

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland

Data may be subject to future revision.

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=July-September