Job Losses.

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Ceisteanna (95)

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

152 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been lost in 2010 to date; the number of jobs that were lost in 2009 in a tabular form by month and on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9082/10]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Dara Calleary)

The number of people in employment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey or QNHS and published by the Central Statistics Office. In the third quarter of 2009, the most recent quarter for which data is available, employment decreased by 184,700 from Quarter 3 2008 to Quarter 3 2009.

Table A

	Q 3 2008	Q 3 2009	Increase/Decrease
Employment	2,107,100	1,922,400	-184,700

The data for permanent, full-time jobs which were lost in Enterprise-agency assisted firms (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Údarás na Gaeltachta, Shannon Development) are shown in the table below, broken down to the total job losses by county. Data is compiled on an annual basis only and is displayed in Table B below.

Table B: Job losses in Enterprise Agency Assisted Firms (2009)

	Job Losses (Permanent Full Time)
Carlow	-605
Cavan	-952
Clare	-1,467
Cork	-5,577
Donegal	-1,201
Dublin	-14,297
Galway	-2,702
Kerry	-1,045
Kildare	-2,114
Kilkenny	-760
Laois	-318
Leitrim	-194
Limerick	-3,857
Longford	-365
Louth	-1,160
Mayo	-758
Meath	-967
Monaghan	-836
Offaly	-833
Roscommon	-425
Sligo	-506
Tipperary	-1,174
Waterford	-1,989
Westmeath	-1,340
Wexford	-630
Wicklow	-975
All Regions	-47,047

There were also job gains in 2009, which amounted to 13,059 permanent full-time jobs. As a result, there was a net loss in 2009 of 33,988 permanent full-time jobs supported by the enterprise development agencies. There is no exact measure of the number of jobs lost. However, the Department records the number of redundancies notified to it on a monthly basis. Over the past 13 months there have been 83,699 redundancies have been reported, as detailed in Table C below.

Table C: Actual Redundancies Jan 2009-Jan 2010 broken down by month and by county

	Jan-09	Feb-09	Mar-09	Apr-09	May-09	Jun-09	Jul-09	Aug-09	Sep-09	Oct-09	Nov-09	Dec-09	Jan-10	Total
Carlow	71	61	54	106	53	42	116	64	63	47	88	43	57	865
Cavan	96	9	109	51	159	69	40	84	71	63	64	43	46	904
Clare	215	190	181	207	137	135	85	83	82	182	123	193	163	1,976
Cork	824	667	958	539	809	1,086	772	447	618	545	627	413	855	9,160
Donegal	193	48	171	105	99	77	187	115	113	86	72	151	122	1,539
Dublin	2,194	2,685	2,643	3,045	3,678	2,268	2,294	2,776	2,316	2,710	2,352	1,749	2,348	33,058
Galway	338	270	268	282	108	626	284	210	296	250	190	159	215	3,496
Kerry	111	140	222	103	205	190	140	82	152	102	85	48	114	1,694
Kildare	238	178	285	345	274	195	412	222	248	261	443	190	238	3,529
Kilkenny	54	209	129	116	177	87	128	198	94	77	134	51	170	1,624
Laois	85	69	136	61	85	67	46	36	136	53	34	43	50	901
Leitrim	28	27	39	7	26	15	18	36	15	11	20	14	14	270
Limerick	415	146	323	438	640	314	379	151	236	818	272	154	999	5,285
Longford	60	48	58	36	55	29	64	24	34	17	33	15	42	515
Louth	151	188	291	104	193	137	61	165	156	175	152	77	124	1,974
Mayo	81	133	74	78	46	202	93	82	85	66	177	60	115	1,292
Meath	234	158	278	157	218	141	199	100	149	163	129	67	131	2,124
Monaghan	73	70	80	137	60	58	63	72	105	50	40	27	26	861
Offaly	74	104	99	98	72	67	54	59	126	90	93	75	156	1,167
Roscommon	48	64	39	79	31	43	18	27	29	68	35	40	25	546
Sligo	64	54	93	89	48	38	72	32	42	25	26	29	30	642
Tipperary	255	115	124	190	155	162	175	268	131	148	126	62	116	2,027
Waterford	79	122	352	407	114	303	233	101	134	252	249	111	205	2,662
Westmeath	134	70	121	92	151	126	120	86	189	65	64	117	84	1,419
Wexford	166	226	305	53	269	108	80	202	193	140	143	108	167	2,160
Wicklow	307	161	247	206	86	179	152	109	176	97	120	82	87	2,009
Total	6,588	6,212	7,679	7,131	7,948	6,764	6,285	5,831	5,989	6,561	5,891	4,121	6,699	83,699