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Income Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2008

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Ceisteanna (3)

Martin Ferris

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3 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Taoiseach the gross value added in 2006 for Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34674/08]

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Freagraí scríofa

The CSO does not produce estimates of Gross Value Added (GVA) at county level. I am advised that there are a number of difficulties associated with providing results at such a level of detail.

These include the fact that:

the workforce producing the GVA in a county may live in neighbouring counties;

GVA includes company profits which in many cases may be remitted abroad; and,

much data is either not sufficiently robust or is unavailable at county level.

GVA is produced at the NUTS 3 Regional level. There are 8 such regions in Ireland. 2006 data is not yet available. The following table gives the 2005 results.

GVA at Basic Prices for each region for 2005

Region

GVA (€M)

Border, Midland and Western

26,773

Border

11,166

Midland

5,543

West

10,065

Southern and Eastern

115,712

Dublin

56,384

Mid East

12,254

Dublin plus Mid East

68,638

Mid West

10,743

South East

11,452

South West

24,877

State

142,486

The CSO does, however, publish figures on household incomes at county level. These figures allocate income to the counties in which persons reside. They include items such as social welfare benefits, but do not include company profits. The per capita household incomes for the relevant counties for the years 2000 to 2005 are provided below.

Estimates of Total Income Per Person for specified counties, 2000 to 2005 €

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Donegal

13,387

14,852

16,059

17,274

18,217

19,432

Leitrim

14,341

15,479

17,270

18,985

20,153

21,753

Sligo

15,281

16,977

18,686

20,526

22,067

23,356

Galway

16,506

18,279

19,637

20,980

22,508

23,532

Mayo

14,912

16,440

17,441

19,045

20,199

21,364

Roscommon

14,715

16,372

17,807

19,116

20,145

21,713

Clare

16,914

18,298

19,322

20,442

21,486

22,986

Cork

17,077

19,049

20,460

21,805

22,873

24,592

Kerry

14,339

16,190

17,350

18,413

19,300

20,750

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