Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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78. To ask the Taoiseach the jobs that have been created in the past 12 months for the south western peninsulas of County Cork and the eight Islands off the south west coast of County Cork. [53404/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey which provides quarterly statistics on employment and unemployment and is the official source of labour market estimates in the State. The primary classification used for the LFS results is the ILO (International Labour Organisation) labour force classification.

The most recent figures available are for Q2 2021.

Due to the methodology and sample size of the survey it is not possible to produce reliable county or more detailed area estimates from the LFS. Estimates of employment however, are produced by NUTS 3 Regions.

The NUTS3 South-West region includes counties Cork and Kerry.

The table below shows the number of persons aged 15-89 years in employment in the NUTS3 South-West region in Q2 2019, Q2 2020 and Q2 2021, the annual change in employment and the biennial change in employment between Q2 2019 and Q2 2021.

As the table shows the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the annual or biennial change which is calculated using these stock figures depends both on the number of jobs lost and jobs created over the period in question.

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

Number of persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by NUTS3 South-West region, Q2 2019, Q2 2020 and Q2 2021 - Annual change and biennial change Q2 2019-Q2 2021.

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Data may be subject to future revision.

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

Reference period: Q2 April - June.

Note: A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households.

(Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series of the Labour Force Survey. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.