Written answers

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Employment Data

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of notified job vacancies in Drogheda town by month from 2016 to date in tabular from; if the figures are available through employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14118/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The main reservoir of date of vacancies posted to the Department for jobseekers and others seeking employment is held on the Department's JobsIreland online recruitment platform. JobsIreland.ieis a free, easy to use and is provided by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection which is available to employers across the country to advertise their vacancies and to jobseekers to identify vacancies of interest to them.

The number of vacancies in Drogheda advertised on the Department’s online recruitment service, JobsIreland.ie, is available from June 2016 to June 2020 and is presented by month in the following tables.

JobsIrelandVacancies (Including Schemes) in Drogheda

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Grand Total
January 36 30 34 30
February 23 16 35 20
March 24 22 46 12
April 23 20 30 4
May 17 43 56 4
June 14 21 21 15 34
July 19 16 21 26
August 59 16 24 31
September 50 33 29 21
October 32 21 18 38
November 33 24 30 25
December 18 10 7 16
Total 225 264 281 373 104 1247

JobsIrelandVacancies (Excluding Schemes) in Drogheda

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Grand Total
January 20 10 13 6
February 19 11 19 8
March 10 8 31 7
April 18 13 15 4
May 13 24 37 4
June 6 5 8 7 8
July 9 12 9 12
August 30 10 16 16
September 26 29 16 6
October 24 17 11 15
November 22 11 19 14
December 11 7 3 8
Total 128 171 148 193 37 677

In addition to the vacancies advertised on JobsIreland.ie, recruitment services are also delivered by Intreo employment services personnel around the country and contracted providers in addition to recruitment achieved by many candidates through own personal efforts and networks and through commercial recruitment companies.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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