Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Levels
11:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of overall workers in County Donegal who worked in the textile sector on 31 December 1994 and on 31 December 2004. [38926/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The relevant information from the census of industrial production is set out in the following table. The most recent results at county level are for 2003.
| Number of persons engaged — Textile Industries and All Industries, County Donegal, September 1994 and 2003. | ||||
| September 1994 | September 2003 | |||
| Number of persons | % of industrial employment | Number of persons | % of industrial employment | |
| Manufacture of Textiles | 4,696 | 49 | 1,553 | 24 |
| (NACE 17-18) | 9,621 | 100 | 6,358 | 100 |
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage unemployment rate in County Donegal. [39088/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Unemployment estimates are compiled at a regional level from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 10,900 people classified as unemployed in the Border region in the June to August quarter of 2005. This equates to an unemployment rate of 5.1% for the Border region, which is composed of counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo. Sub-regional statistics of the kind requested by the Deputy are not available from the quarterly national household survey.
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