Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Department of An Taoiseach
Job Creation
Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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130. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline in detail the level of employment growth in quarter 3 2022 in counties Laois and Offaly, each of the midland counties and nationally in other counties. [61791/22]
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 the official source of employment estimates in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2022.
The quarterly LFS employment estimates are produced by NUTS3 Regions (NUTS3 is a geocode standard referencing the eight subdivisions of Ireland for statistical and planning purposes). Due to the methodology and sample size of the survey it is not possible to produce reliable county estimates from the LFS.
The NUTS 3 Midland region includes counties Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath.
Employment in the Midland region increased by 6,200 to 148,800 in the year to Q3 2022. Employment in the Midland region in Q2 2022 was 153,000.
Nationally, the estimated number of persons in employment in Q3 2022 was 2,554,300, an increase by 83,000 or 3.4% in the year to Q3 2022. The Q2 estimate for the number of persons in employment was 2,554,600.
The table below shows the employment figures for persons aged 15-89 years in the Midlands NUTS3 Region and the national regional comparisons for the third quarter 2012-2022.
Table 1 Persons in Employment aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions
| Region | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 14 | Q3 15 | Q3 16 | Q3 17 | Q3 18 | Q3 19 | Q3 20 | Q3 21 | Q3 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern and Western | 327.7 | 346.9 | 352.9 | 359.0 | 370.6 | 383.6 | 386.2 | 395.8 | 382.8 | 428.3 | 437.2 |
| Border | 145.7 | 158.4 | 168.3 | 174.2 | 178.4 | 180.4 | 178.0 | 176.4 | 165.6 | 196.7 | 200.0 |
| West | 182.0 | 188.5 | 184.7 | 184.8 | 192.3 | 203.2 | 208.2 | 219.4 | 217.2 | 231.6 | 237.2 |
| Southern | 632.7 | 660.4 | 666.9 | 687.2 | 718.2 | 719.0 | 734.3 | 736.2 | 724.9 | 792.3 | 822.7 |
| Mid-West | 189.1 | 198.1 | 202.9 | 206.9 | 213.5 | 215.2 | 215.2 | 217.4 | 210.2 | 232.1 | 239.5 |
| South-East | 157.5 | 162.3 | 170.7 | 175.9 | 184.2 | 185.7 | 186.5 | 189.6 | 187.5 | 200.8 | 216.9 |
| South-West | 286.1 | 300.0 | 293.4 | 304.4 | 320.4 | 318.1 | 332.7 | 329.2 | 327.2 | 359.3 | 366.3 |
| Eastern and Midland | 928.0 | 954.7 | 989.6 | 1,032.3 | 1,069.6 | 1,101.6 | 1,148.4 | 1,191.4 | 1,142.3 | 1,250.6 | 1,294.4 |
| Dublin | 552.2 | 576.4 | 593.4 | 621.7 | 648.8 | 662.5 | 694.9 | 717.6 | 678.6 | 747.9 | 771.3 |
| Mid-East | 276.5 | 272.0 | 288.9 | 298.6 | 306.3 | 319.8 | 326.5 | 342.4 | 332.0 | 360.1 | 374.3 |
| Midland | 99.3 | 106.3 | 107.3 | 112.0 | 114.5 | 119.3 | 126.9 | 131.4 | 131.7 | 142.6 | 148.8 |
| State | 1,888.5 | 1,962.0 | 2,009.4 | 2,078.6 | 2,158.4 | 2,204.2 | 2,268.9 | 2,323.4 | 2,250.0 | 2,471.2 | 2,554.3 |
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