Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created and lost in County Louth from 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9184/16]

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. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2015.

Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions.

The NUTS 3 Border region includes Counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable Louth County estimates from the QNHS.

Table 1a shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Border region in Q4 of each year from 2012 to 2015.

Table 1b shows the annual change in the numbers of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by NUTS 3 Border region in Q4 of each year from 2013 to 2015.

As Table 1a shows the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the annual changes which are calculated using these stock figures depend both on the number of jobs lost and jobs created over the period in question.

The QNHS does not record whether a job is newly created.

Table 1a Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by Border NUTS3 region, Q4 2012 - Q4 2015'000

Table 1b Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by Border NUTS3 region, Q4 2013 - Q4 2015 - Annual change

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Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.';

Reference period: Q4=Oct-Dec.