Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of An Taoiseach
Labour Force
12:00 pm
Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the total work force for 2006 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34673/08]
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information as requested by the deputy is not available. Statistics on work force 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.
| Numbers in Labour Force by region (in thousands) | |||||||||
| Border | Midland | West | Dublin | Mid-East | Mid-West | South-East | South-West | Total | |
| 2006 | 218.7 | 120.3 | 201.2 | 624.7 | 240.6 | 181.0 | 223.9 | 303.4 | 2113.8 |
| Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). |
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: | Cavan | Dublin: | Dublin city |
| Donegal | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | ||
| Leitrim | Fingal | ||
| Louth | South Dublin | ||
| Monaghan | |||
| Sligo | Mid-East: | Kildare | |
| Meath | |||
| Midland: | Laoighis | Wicklow | |
| Longford | |||
| Offaly | Mid-West: | Clare | |
| Westmeath | Limerick City | ||
| Limerick County | |||
| West: | Galway City | North Tipperary | |
| Galway County | |||
| Mayo | South-East: | Carlow | |
| Roscommon | Kilkenny | ||
| South Tipperary | |||
| South-West: | Cork City | Waterford City | |
| Cork County | Waterford County | ||
| Kerry | Wexford |
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