Job Losses.

Thursday, 30 November 2006

Ceisteanna (124)

Damien English

Ceist:

124 Mr. English asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and skills level of job loss in County Meath in each of the past five years; the number and skills level of replacement jobs; if he will present the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40972/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Mr. Martin)

The data in the latest Quarterly National Household Survey is published by the Central Statistics Office on a regional rather than a county basis and they show that the numbers in employment have increased in the Southern and Eastern region from 1,264,000 to 1,501,000 in the period 2000 to 2006.

The table below gives the number of job gains and job losses in Enterprise Agency Assisted Firms in Co. Meath in the past five years.

Numbers of Job gains/Job losses (full-time jobs) in Enterprise Agency assisted firms in County Meath

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Job Gains	507	291	566	453	660
Job losses	-375	-647	-800	-372	-381

Source: Forfás Business Information System.

The table below gives the number of redundancies in County Meath from the period 2000 to 2006.

Notified Redundancies by Area Code for Period 01/01/2000 to 01/10/2006.

County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total

Meath	163	172	400	671	480	450	669	3005