Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created in sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/10]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the sports sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/10]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the tourism sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/10]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the energy sector from 2005 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31520/10]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the communications sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/10]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 148, inclusive, together.

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. In line with EU requirements the QNHS collects sector of employment information according to the standard EU classification (NACE). The sectors for which data is requested cannot be specifically identified within the NACE classification. The table below shows the number of persons employed in quarter 2 of each year from 2005 to 2010 and the overall change over the period classified by NACE sector as published by the CSO.

Tourism related employment would be spread across sectors (primarily Accommodation and food service activities and Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities) while energy employment (Industry), communications employment (Information and communication) and sports employment (Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities) would in the main be sub-sectors of sectors for which estimates are currently published.

It must also be noted that the table shows the overall number of persons employed at the given points in time. Changes in this stock level cannot be directly interpreted as being a number of jobs created as it is the net change occurring which will be impacted by both new jobs created and jobs lost in the sector in question. Data on number of jobs created is not available from existing data sources.