Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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106. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the latest employment projections for the 2018 to 2022 period at national and regional level in tabular form. [12741/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department's most recent macroeconomic forecasts were published with Budget 2018 in October last year, and cover the period up until 2021. The following table sets out the total employment projections from these forecasts. My Department does not produce regional macroeconomic forecasts.

Overall, it is forecast that there will be employment growth of approximately 2.0 per cent on average per annum over the period from 2018 to 2021. For this year, employment growth of 2.3 per cent is projected. For next year, employment gains of 2.1 per cent are also anticipated. Over the remaining two years of the forecast horizon to 2021, employment growth of 1.7 per cent on average per annum is projected.

Source: Department of Finance

These forecasts will be updated in the 2018 Stability Programme Update which will be published in April.