Agriculture Sector.

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Ceisteanna (83, 84, 85, 86)

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

100 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of people currently employed in the agrifood sector; the number of people employed in the agrifood sector in each of the past ten years; the breakdown of the sector into those currently employed in primary agriculture and those employed in the food processing industry; the further breakdown of the sector into those employed in primary agriculture and those employed in the food processing industry in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28183/09]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

102 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of people who have left employment in agriculture in all counties since 1998 to date in 2009; the breakdown of employment in each sector since 1998; the type of employments most people have moved into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28185/09]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

103 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the numbers employed in the agrifood sector of the past ten years; the breakdown of the employment in the sector into constituent parts; the major procedures in each sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28186/09]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Pat Carey)

I propose to take Questions 100, 102 and 103 together.

The actual information requested by the Deputy is not available. Information on the numbers employed in Agriculture (NACE Rev. 1.1) at 2 digit level for the years 1999 to 2009 by NUTS 3 region are contained in the following table. This is the most detailed information available from the CSO Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS).

Numbers employed in Agriculture classified by region

Region	Q1 1999	Q1 2000	Q1 2001	Q1 2002	Q1 2003	Q1 2004	Q1 2005	Q1 2006	Q1 2007	Q1 2008	Q1 2009
Border	19.1	17.1	16.9	17.1	16.8	17.8	18.8	17.6	16.3	17.1	13.5
Midland	11.3	10.3	9.4	9.9	9.8	9.0	7.4	8.3	9.5	10.0	7.9
West	27.1	27.8	24.0	22.9	20.1	19.9	18.1	19.5	17.2	19.2	17.5
Dublin	3.4	3.6	3.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.7	2.5	2.4	2.8	2.2
Mid-East	13.2	11.8	10.3	10.1	9.7	9.8	11.0	12.1	11.3	15.6	12.7
Mid-West	14.9	14.6	13.5	14.1	12.0	13.8	13.5	13.9	11.8	12.7	11.1
South-East	20.9	20.9	22.1	20.8	18.8	20.0	17.6	17.5	20.1	21.1	18.7
South-West	24.2	23.1	18.8	20.3	20.2	20.4	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.6	19.7
State	134.0	129.2	118.5	118.0	110.8	112.4	108.5	111.7	108.6	119.1	103.3

Table is based on the EU NACE Rev 1.1 (Nomenclature generale des activities economique dans les Communautes europeennes) classification.

Source: CSO Quarterly National Household Survey.

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

101 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of people who have left farming in all counties since 1998 to date in 2009; the type of employment most people have moved into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28184/09]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Pat Carey)

A comparison of census figures on the number of persons in employment by sector in 1996 and 2006 gives an indication of net changes in employment by sector. However, this comparison between points in time does not allow any conclusion to be drawn on exits from farming and entries to other sectors of employment in the intervening period, as such an analysis would require a micro-level longitudinal study.

The following table shows the number of persons at work in 1996 and 2006, distinguishing the Agriculture, Industry and Services sectors, for all counties.

Persons at work in Agriculture, Industry and Services, by county — 1996 and 2006

County	Years	Broad Industry Groups	Other Industries or
		Total	Agriculture	Industry	Services	Industry Not Stated
Carlow	1996	13,608	2,038	4,436	7,084	50
	2006	22,075	1,413	6,435	12,209	2,018
	1996 to 2006 change	8,467	-625	1,999	5,125	1,968
Dublin City	1996	184,097	709	39,339	135,829	8,220
	2006	245,007	640	36,051	181,890	26,426
	1996 to 2006 change	60,910	-69	-3,288	46,061	18,206
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1996	76,271	332	13,131	61,407	1,401
	2006	87,815	427	11,782	70,673	4,933
	1996 to 2006 change	11,544	95	-1,349	9,266	3,532
Fingal	1996	65,807	1,384	14,074	49,019	1,330
	2006	120,794	1,437	22,483	87,899	8,975
	1996 to 2006 change	54,987	53	8,409	38,880	7,645
South Dublin	1996	82,978	367	22,869	58,219	1,523
	2006	119,280	483	24,641	83,567	10,589
	1996 to 2006 change	36,302	116	1,772	25,348	9,066
Kildare	1996	51,299	3,633	15,052	32,087	527
	2006	91,581	3,048	24,506	57,822	6,205
	1996 to 2006 change	40,282	-585	9,454	25,735	5,678
Kilkenny	1996	26,789	4,681	7,294	14,175	639
	2006	39,809	3,247	10,496	23,877	2,189
	1996 to 2006 change	13,020	-1,434	3,202	9,702	1,550
Laoighis	1996	18,120	3,527	4,783	9,613	197
	2006	30,219	2,293	8,170	17,647	2,109
	1996 to 2006 change	12,099	-1,234	3,387	8,034	1912
Longford	1996	10,154	2,187	2,939	4,895	133
	2006	14,527	1,176	4,461	7,681	1,209
	1996 to 2006 change	4,373	-1,011	1,522	2,786	1,076
Louth	1996	31,461	1,906	11,665	17,508	382
	2006	48,129	1,331	12,983	30,912	2,903
	1996 to 2006 change	16,668	-575	1,318	13,404	2,521
Meath	1996	40,475	5,146	12,768	21,920	641
	2006	78,437	3,674	22,407	47,910	4,446
	1996 to 2006 change	37,962	-1,472	9,639	25,990	3,805
Offaly	1996	20,006	3,259	7,489	9,094	164
	2006	31,231	2,152	10,418	16,460	2,201
	1996 to 2006 change	11,225	-1,107	2,929	7,366	2,037
Westmeath	1996	22,328	2,856	6,570	12,510	392
	2006	35,469	1,824	9,755	21,200	2,690
	1996 to 2006 change	13,141	-1,032	3,185	8,690	2,298
Wexford	1996	35,321	6,250	10,007	18,640	424
	2006	56,011	4,216	16,700	32,934	2,161
	1996 to 2006 change	20,690	-2,034	6,693	14,294	1,737
Wicklow	1996	36,423	3,097	9,673	22,964	689
	2006	57,326	2,294	13,840	37,443	3,749
	1996 to 2006 change	20,903	-803	4,167	14,479	3,060
Clare	1996	34,572	5,571	10,672	17,699	630
	2006	50,607	3,213	14,332	29,308	3,754
	1996 to 2006 change	16,035	-2,358	3,660	11,609	3,124
Cork City	1996	41,169	291	11,518	28,274	1,086
	2006	48,892	199	11,641	32,841	4,211
	1996 to 2006 change	7,723	-92	123	4,567	3,125
Cork County	1996	107,219	17,239	31,221	57,206	1,553
	2006	167,092	12,042	48,749	97,245	9,056
	1996 to 2006 change	59,873	-5,197	17,528	40,039	7,503
Kerry	1996	42,909	8,052	10,077	23,492	1,288
	2006	60,810	5,040	15,524	35,696	4,550
	1996 to 2006 change	17,901	-3,012	5,447	12,204	3,262
Limerick City	1996	17,168	79	5,706	11,095	288
	2006	20,911	58	5,856	13,980	1,017
	1996 to 2006 change	3,743	-21	150	2,885	729
Limerick County	1996	41,454	6,508	13,065	21,291	590
	2006	59,614	4,103	18,641	33,829	3,041
	1996 to 2006 change	18,160	-2,405	5,576	12,538	2,451
North Tipperary	1996	20,769	4,097	5,899	10,547	226
	2006	29,355	2,822	8,302	16,678	1,553
	1996 to 2006 change	8,586	-1,275	2,403	6,131	1327
South Tipperary	1996	25,886	5,043	7,935	12,410	498
	2006	35,828	3,962	10,809	19,307	1,750
	1996 to 2006 change	9,942	-1,081	2,874	6,897	1,252
Waterford City	1996	14,718	131	5,815	8,564	208
	2006	19,389	135	5,821	11,579	1,854
	1996 to 2006 change	4,671	4	6	3,015	1,646
Waterford County	1996	18,296	3,542	5,875	8,588	291
	2006	26,869	2,589	8,454	14,813	1,013
	1996 to 2006 change	8,573	-953	2,579	6,225	722
Galway City	1996	21,563	263	4,959	15,827	514
	2006	33,878	219	8,094	23,231	2,334
	1996 to 2006 change	12,315	-44	3,135	7,404	1820
Galway County	1996	45,934	10,124	12,217	22,590	1,003
	2006	70,617	5,749	21,439	39,276	4,153
	1996 to 2006 change	24,683	-4,375	9,222	16,686	3,150
Leitrim	1996	8,518	1,993	2,342	4,017	166
	2006	12,669	1,173	3,552	7,442	502
	1996 to 2006 change	4,151	-820	1,210	3,425	336
Mayo	1996	36,583	7,963	9,883	18,207	530
	2006	52,277	4,754	15,109	29,773	2,641
	1996 to 2006 change	15,694	-3,209	5,226	11,566	2,111
Roscommon	1996	18,559	4,529	4,799	8,916	315
	2006	25,829	2,606	7,284	14,956	983
	1996 to 2006 change	7,270	-1,923	2,485	6,040	668
Sligo	1996	20,204	2,934	5,339	11,647	284
	2006	27,328	1,795	7,026	17,281	1,226
	1996 to 2006 change	7,124	-1,139	1,687	5,634	942
Cavan	1996	18,593	4,760	5,287	8,350	196
	2006	28,319	2,740	8,795	14,584	2,200
	1996 to 2006 change	9,726	-2,020	3,508	6,234	2,004
Donegal	1996	39,811	5,427	13,782	20,085	517
	2006	56,670	3,796	14,948	35,304	2,622
	1996 to 2006 change	16,859	-1,631	1,166	15,219	2,105
Monaghan	1996	18,174	4,051	5,586	8,383	154
	2006	25,378	2,627	7,903	13,201	1,647
	1996 to 2006 change	7,204	-1,424	2,317	4,818	1,493
State	1996	1,307,236	133,969	354,066	792,152	27,049
	2006	1,930,042	89,277	477,407	1,230,448	132,910
	1996 to 2006 change	622,806	-44,692	123,341	438,296	105,861

*Includes Forestry and Fishing.

Questions Nos. 102 and 103 answered with Question No. 100.