Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in the manufacturing sector in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1734/23]
View answerMy Department has responsibility for collating and publishing official statistics on clients of the enterprise development agencies, namely, Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás na Gaeltachta. This includes employment data. The CSO is responsible for collating official statistics on all firms (and employment) in Ireland. Table 1 below shows the number employed in Manufacturing sectors (NACE C) in Ireland for the years 2018-2022.
Table 1: Employment in Manufacturing, 2018-2022
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- |
2018 Q3 |
2019 Q3 |
2020 Q3 |
2021 Q3 |
2022 Q3 |
|
'000 |
'000 |
'000 |
'000 |
'000 |
|
|
Manufacturing NACE C |
254.1 |
261.1 |
263.8 |
276.1 |
291.3 |
Source: CSO, Labour Force Survey
Employment in manufacturing increased from 254,100 in Q3 2018 to 291,300 in Q3 2022, an increase of 14.6% over the four year period.
