Jobs Data

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Ceisteanna (1)

Bernard Durkan

Ceist:

1. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost and gained in County Kildare in each of the past six years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7728/16]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2015.

Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 Mid-East region includes Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable Kildare County estimates from the QNHS.

Table 1a shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Mid-East region in Q4 of each year from 2009 to 2015.

Table 1b shows the annual change in the numbers of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Mid-East region in Q4 of each year from 2010 to 2015.

As Table 1a shows the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the annual changes which are calculated using these stock figures depend both on the number of jobs lost and jobs created over the period in question. The QNHS does not record whether a job is newly created.

Table 1a Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by Mid-East region, Q4 2009-Q4 2015 -

'000

	Q4 09	Q4 10	Q4 11	Q4 12	Q4 13	Q4 14	Q4 15
In employment	232.3	226.3	229.9	225.5	225.9	237.9	235.8

Table 1b Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by Mid-East region, Q4 2010-Q4 2015 - Annual change -

'000

	Q4 10	Q4 11	Q4 12	Q4 13	Q4 14	Q4 15
In employment	-6.0	3.6	-4.4	0.4	12.0	-2.1

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.

Reference period: Q4=Oct-Dec.