Written answers

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Department of An Taoiseach

Employment Levels

12:00 pm

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the growth in employment between 2000 and 2006 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34672/08]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information as requested by the deputy is not available. Statistics on employment are measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). The survey provides estimates for eight NUTS-3 level regions which is provided in the following table.

BorderMidlandWestDublinMid-EastMid-WestSouth-EastSouth-West
2000
Employment growth6.45.48.022.47.78.710.213.5
Annual % growth4.1%6.5%5.5%4.4%4.5%6.4%6.4%5.9%
2001
Employment growth8.92.35.214.310-1.15.75.3
Annual % growth6.4%2.6%3.4%2.7%5.6%-0.8%3.3%2.2%
2002
Employment growth*5.77.01.76.16.78.23.0
Annual % growth0.1%6.3%7.1%0.3%3.2%4.6%4.7%1.2%
2003
Employment growth4.14.03.91.28.51.82.83.2
Annual % growth2.4%4.1%2.3%0.2%4.3%1.2%1.5%1.3%
2004
Employment growth13.12.35.22.43.93.83.510.4
Annual % growth7.4%2.3%3.0%0.4%1.9%2.5%1.9%4.1%
2005
Employment growth8.571124.914.87.78.414.6
Annual % growth4.5%6.8%6.2%4.5%7.2%4.9%4.4%5.5%
2006
Employment growth8.75.55.721.511.29.413.613.8
Annual % growth4.4%5.0%3.0%3.8%5.1%5.7%6.8%5.0%
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS).
Note: *Cell sizes too small to be considered reliable

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. The NUTS3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994. The composition of the regions is set out below.

Border:CavanDublin:Dublin city
DonegalDún Laoghaire-Rathdown
LeitrimFingal
LouthSouth Dublin
Monaghan
SligoMid-East:Kildare
Meath
Midland:LaoighisWicklow
Longford
OffalyMid-West:Clare
WestmeathLimerick City
Limerick County
West:Galway CityNorth Tipperary
Galway County
MayoSouth-East:Carlow
RoscommonKilkenny
South Tipperary
South-West:Cork CityWaterford City
Cork CountyWaterford County
KerryWexford

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