asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce in respect of each of the years 1980 to date the number of jobs lost in factory closures which came to the notice of the IDA or his Department.
Written Answers - Job Losses.
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My Department has no responsibility for the collation of official statistics on factory closures. Manufacturing concerns are under no obligation to notify my Department when they cease production.
However, the Industrial Development Authority's records show the following number of jobs lost in factory closures each year since 1980:
|
Year |
Jobs lost due to Factory Closures |
|
1980 |
6,913 |
|
1981 |
8,252 |
|
1982 |
6,361 |
|
1983 |
9,963 |
|
1984 |
10,696 |
|
1985 |
9,629 |
|
1986 |
7,738 |