Written answers
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Data
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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143. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form on a county basis of the number of persons at work between February 2012 and December 2014. [2295/15]
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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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. Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions.
Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable county level estimates from the QNHS. In addition, data is only available from the QNHS on a quarterly basis.The latest figures available from the QNHS are for Quarter 3 of 2014. The table below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions in each quarter from Q1 2012 to Q3 2014.
Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions, Q1 2012 to Q3 2014
'000
| - | Q1 12 | Q2 12 | Q3 12 | Q4 12 | Q1 13 | Q2 13 | Q3 13 | Q4 13 | Q1 14 | Q2 14 | Q3 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border, Midland and Western | 456.4 | 459.3 | 459.7 | 458.1 | 467.8 | 476.5 | 478.6 | 482.9 | 476.4 | 476.8 | 485.4 |
| Border | 174.5 | 174.6 | 172.4 | 171.5 | 176.8 | 183.1 | 181.8 | 185.8 | 183.8 | 185.00 | 190.7 |
| Midland | 104.8 | 105.2 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.9 | 109.7 | 111.2 | 111.1 | 110.2 | 113.5 | 112.8 |
| West | 177.1 | 179.5 | 181.9 | 180.9 | 184.0 | 183.7 | 185.6 | 185.9 | 182.4 | 178.3 | 181.9 |
| Southern and Eastern | 1,368.7 | 1,376.9 | 1,381.6 | 1,390.8 | 1,377.8 | 1,393.4 | 1,420.7 | 1,427.0 | 1,411.9 | 1,424.8 | 1,441.5 |
| Dublin | 541.5 | 547.4 | 548.4 | 556.3 | 547.1 | 555.1 | 570.1 | 572.1 | 572.9 | 576.4 | 576.5 |
| Mid-East | 228.8 | 222.7 | 223.5 | 225.5 | 220.6 | 219.0 | 216.7 | 225.9 | 225.1 | 228.5 | 229.6 |
| Mid-West | 150.4 | 150.1 | 150.9 | 150.1 | 146.5 | 150.9 | 153.1 | 151.3 | 144.5 | 148.0 | 155.6 |
| South-East | 181.3 | 186.0 | 183.8 | 181.8 | 186.5 | 187.7 | 193.8 | 197.1 | 195.8 | 198.5 | 202.6 |
| South-West | 266.6 | 270.7 | 274.9 | 277.0 | 277.1 | 280.7 | 287.1 | 280.6 | 273.5 | 273.3 | 277.2 |
| State | 1,825.0 | 1,836.2 | 1,841.3 | 1,848.9 | 1,845.6 | 1,869.9 | 1,899.3 | 1,909.8 | 1,888.2 | 1,901.6 | 1,926.9 |
Reference period: q1=Jan-Mar, q2=Apr-Jun, q3=Jul-Sep, q4=Oct-Dec.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
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