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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Department of An Taoiseach

Job Creation Numbers

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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120. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created throughout the economy in both manufacturing and service sectors in each of the past four years to date; the number of jobs lost in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/13]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Information on jobs created and jobs destroyed is only available for the business economy for the years 2006 - 2010. The information supplied relates to all employing enterprises from key sectors of the business economy as classified by the standard European classification of economic activity i.e. NACE Rev2 B-N excluding activities of holding companies, K 64.20. The data source used for this analysis is based on linking the P35L returns from employers to the Revenue Commissioners with the CSO business register.

Job creation for an enterprise in a given year, say 2010, is measured as the difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in 2010 compared to 2009, if that difference is positive (otherwise, job creation is taken to be zero). Job creation in the business economy is then calculated by summing job creation for each enterprise in the business economy.

Job destruction for an enterprise in a given year, say 2010, is measured as the difference in the number of paid employees recorded with non-zero reckonable pay in 2010 compared to 2009, if that difference is negative (otherwise, job destruction is taken to be zero). Job destruction in the business economy is then calculated by summing job destruction for each enterprise in the business economy. Note when interpreting figures, job destruction in 2010 means that these jobs were identified in 2009 but not in 2010, as such, the jobs disappeared sometime during 2009.

Using this source job creation figures for the business economy were at there lowest in 2009 at 169,000 before recovering slightly in 2010 to 184,000. Job destruction figures peaked at 512,000 when 2009 was compared with 2008 before dropping back sharply in 2010.

Table 1 Job creation and job destruction figures for the business economy, manufacturing and the services sectors 2006 -2010

-20062007200820092010
Business economy excluding activities of holding companies (NACE Rev. 2 Sectors B to N, excluding code 642)
Jobs as measured by employment records (Number)1,971,7972,118,6101,986,6841,645,8741,539,894
Job creation (Number)353,614375,167217,819168,725184,176
Job destruction (Number)198,209228,356349,745511,855290,785
Industry (NACE Rev. 2 Sector B-E)
Jobs as measured by employment records (Number)309,351317,276300,694255,709230,430
Job creation (Number)34,59135,35520,86119,17318,619
Job destruction (Number)22,50827,43037,44359,15133,869
Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 Sector C)
Jobs as measured by employment records (Number)279,919285,944269,392226,714203,879
Job creation (Number)31,37531,97618,13617,02016,977
Job destruction (Number)20,49625,95134,68854,99829,992
Business economy services excluding activities of holding companies (NACE Rev. 2 Sectors G to N, excluding code 642)
Jobs as measured by employment records (Number)1,385,7761,517,8301,457,4421,242,9941,198,526
Job creation (Number)248,919280,460167,094135,706149,023
Job destruction (Number)139,528148,406227,482358,296206,309
Source: Job Churn statistics, Central Statistics Office

Detailed breakdowns are available at: http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/102

Methodological notes are available at: http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/101

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