Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his question. Statistics on the labour force and employment by sector are based on the quarterly national household survey, QNHS, conducted by the Central Statistics Office. These figures are published on a quarterly basis and the latest figures available are for the second quarter of 2014. The results for that quarter show that employment has increased by 31,600 in the past year.

The QNHS includes a breakdown of total employment, and the trend in employment, quarterly and annual, for each sector of the economy. It does not break that trend into the gross flows of jobs gained and jobs lost. However, estimates of the numbers of jobs created and jobs destroyed are compiled by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, on the basis of administrative data. These tables on job creation and job destruction are published on the StatBank database available on the CSO’s website. The purpose of the series is to explore the dynamics in business employment – the flow of jobs and persons between firms and within and between sectors, using a methodology adapted from research literature in this area.

The job churn series is based on a statistical analysis of administrative data from the Revenue Commissioners. The Revenue information is provided to the CSO under the Statistics Act 1993 and is used solely for statistical purposes. The estimates of job churn relate to all employing enterprises in key sectors of the business economy as classified by the standard European classification of economic activity. The most recent data which the CSO has compiled on this topic are for the year 2011.

I propose to circulate in the Official Report a table showing the estimates of job creation, job destruction, the resulting net jobs created and the corresponding estimated weekly pay of hirings for the years 2006 to 2011. Key features from this table are as follows. Between 2010 and 2011, an estimated 210,985 jobs were created, with a net 9,972 jobs created after jobs lost are taken into account. In the preceding three years, the net figure was negative, with a large volume of net job destruction. Between 2007 and 2008, the net job loss figure was 131,926; between 2008 and 2009 it was 364,726; and between 2009 and 2010 the net number of jobs lost was 104,589. The sectors which had the greatest job loss over that three year period were construction, and wholesale and retail trade, including repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. In 2011, the estimated weekly pay for jobs lost was €502.92 and the weekly pay for jobs created was €562.25. The average weekly pay for all jobs in the business economy was €632.56.

These figures are based on administrative data sources. They supplement the existing CSO series based on the quarterly national household survey and earnings surveys, but they are not directly comparable to those surveys, as they are compiled from an administrative source. The value of this new series is that it provides more detail on the dynamics of the labour market. The CSO is continuing to work on this new series and plans to have figures for 2012 and 2013 available by the end of December 2014.

-	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Business economy excluding activities of holding companies (B to N,-642)
Job creation (Number)	353,614	375,167	217,819	146,889	183,445	210,985
Job destruction (Number)	198,209	228,356	349,745	511,615	288,034	201,013
Net Job Creation	155,405	146,811	-131,926	-364,726	-104,589	9,972
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	493.19	501.63	504.28	499.08	474.56	502.92
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	459.07	503.22	516.32	547.21	560.76	562.25
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	611.03	637.08	657.32	643.03	633.01	632.56
Mining and quarrying (B)
Job creation (Number)	..	..	862	582	217	412
Job destruction (Number)	..	..	1103	2020	1678	590
Net Job Creation	..	..	-241	-1438	-1461	-178
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	684.60	760.57	650.87	556.90
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	726.68	788.94	857.48	686.24
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	854.39	864.01	885.54	858.21
Manufacturing (C)
Job creation (Number)	31,375	31,976	18,136	17,400	16,984	26,166
Job destruction (Number)	20,496	25,951	34,688	55,018	30,550	23,129
Net Job Creation	10,879	6,025	-16,552	-37,618	-13,566	3,037
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	588.84	588.04	650.21	691.52	590.04	739.38
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	548.11	634.78	642.49	675.18	803.45	825.45
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	676.56	704.18	737.51	747.87	745.41	755.68
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (D)
Job creation (Number)	..	..	276	714	390	276
Job destruction (Number)	..	..	86	134	805	1000
Net Job Creation	..	..	190	580	-415	-724
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	982.24	860.62	675.39	724.53
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	1186.47	1236.41	1122.72	996.78
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	..	..	1329.37	1328.89	1321.21	1249.11
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (E)
Job creation (Number)	1822	2188	1587	857	1035	1260
Job destruction (Number)	760	696	1566	1999	1394	869
Net Job Creation	1062	1492	21	-1142	-359	391
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	523	598.86	567.74	544.46	517	459.04
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	550.60	532.52	596.09	594.97	588.96	569.94
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	617.39	656.69	670.16	641.74	613.82	591.62
Construction (F)
Job creation (Number)	70,104	59,352	29,864	13,846	16,534	16,961
Job destruction (Number)	36,173	52,520	84,820	94,408	50,607	30,577
Net Job Creation	33,931	6,832	-54,956	-80,562	-34,073	-13,616
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	571.74	598.75	604.48	555.39	502.28	504.94
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	564.62	579.05	606.30	626.04	605.81	575.47
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	666.58	694.09	712.09	680.49	638.76	614.30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G)
Job creation (Number)	68,647	97,424	44,444	29,632	37,881	43,355
Job destruction (Number)	56,441	43,575	71,300	125,393	54,480	42,172
Net Job Creation	12,206	53,849	-26,856	-95,761	-16,599	1,183
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	380.54	404.17	403.68	399.85	386.64	383.32
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	373.16	388.68	403.24	430.51	446.05	428.29
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	491.47	512.38	526.33	515.18	506.68	502.07
Transportation and storage (H)
Job creation (Number)	13,922	12,841	14,507	4,988	8,078	8,163
Job destruction (Number)	6,017	13,031	10,333	16,398	12,247	9,393
Net Job Creation	7,905	-190	4,174	-11,410	-4,169	-1,230
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	495.30	506.67	565.19	467.10	478.38	443.82
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	499.67	594.61	539.77	546.84	599.28	593.27
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	667.93	685.95	705.69	703.54	685.38	673.91
Accommodation and food service activities (I)
Job creation (Number)	51,711	53,704	35,372	25,015	30,385	36,298
Job destruction (Number)	31,634	36,246	50,830	73,859	39,898	29,561
Net Job Creation	20,077	17,458	-15,458	-48,844	-9,513	6,737
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	297.36	315.18	308.40	286.25	274.76	270.13
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	275.38	296.30	320.39	328.71	315.17	291.70
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	345.27	367.02	373.85	357	338.86	332.32
Information and communication (J)
Job creation (Number)	26,464	17,071	15,864	12,033	15,367	13,723
Job destruction (Number)	7,427	12,431	14,601	22,680	16,050	12,943
Net Job Creation	19,037	4,640	1,263	-10,647	-683	780
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	746.38	723.42	732.38	738.01	810.91	760.69
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	703.10	718.95	795.63	845.91	847.42	860.87
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	853.31	893.91	926.23	918.37	923.73	952.12
Financial and insurance activities excluding activities of holding companies (K-642)
Job creation (Number)	13,994	18,874	6,269	4,015	12,828	14,213
Job destruction (Number)	6,766	6,506	10,009	15,668	6,877	10,375
Net Job Creation	7,228	12,368	-3,740	-11,653	5,951	3,838
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	743.18	797.99	813.44	973.94	777.04	915.06
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	793.10	907.69	870.78	921.12	1043.19	987.65
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	898.27	943.03	982.73	947.83	942.90	963.29
Real estate activities (L)
Job creation (Number)	5,136	5,181	3,348	2,693	3,096	4,964
Job destruction (Number)	2,454	3,513	4,048	6,963	4,542	2,797
Net Job Creation	2,682	1,668	-700	-4,270	-1,446	2,167
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	528.99	535.61	583.15	552.83	464.99	394.40
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	462.87	522.30	541.24	541.18	494.98	489.22
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	622.33	637.20	641	607.78	586.60	556.07
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M)
Job creation (Number)	26,386	28,561	18,101	10,927	15,305	20,240
Job destruction (Number)	9,703	14,729	19,028	33,804	25,534	16,073
Net Job Creation	16,683	13,832	-927	-22,877	-10,229	4,167
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	609.56	640.57	649.63	624.35	589.61	588.31
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	585.46	619.10	646.23	696.34	677.95	653.54
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	727.61	775.20	801.56	758.65	743.28	748.06
Administrative and support service activities (N)
Job creation (Number)	42,659	46,804	29,189	24,187	25,345	24,954
Job destruction (Number)	19,086	18,375	47,333	63,271	43,372	21,534
Net Job Creation	23,573	28,429	-18,144	-39,084	-18,027	3,420
Hirings - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	423.78	431.24	422.21	412.01	415	412.70
Separations - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	383.44	414.41	426.15	454.94	436.17	425.37
All Jobs - Mean Weekly Reckonable Pay €	485.75	507.02	518.10	492.77	487.99	491.29

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