Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Department of An Taoiseach
Cross-Border Training Initiatives
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that travel from here to Northern Ireland in tabular form; and the number of persons that travelled from Northern Ireland to here to work in 2015 and 2016. [12866/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The most recent data available on cross-border commuting is based on a joint report presenting 2011 census results for both Ireland and Northern Ireland, published in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency in 2014. The report contained detailed information on cross border commuters.
Persons travelling for | Ireland to Northern Ireland, 2011 | Northern Ireland to Ireland, 2011 |
---|---|---|
For work | 6,416 | 6,324 |
For study | 1,879 | 132 |
Data concerning cross border travel, from Ireland to Northern Ireland from the 2016 census of population will be available in Profile 6 - Commuting in Ireland which will be published in August 2017. There was no census in Northern Ireland in 2016.
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