Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created by year in Cork from 1 January 2018 to the most up-to-date figures available for 2023 [44405/23]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State.

Due to the methodology and sample size of the survey it is not possible to produce reliable county estimates from the LFS.

Regional estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 level. NUTS are the geocode standard developed and regulated by Eurostat.

The NUTS 3 South-West region includes counties Cork and Kerry.

The table below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the NUTS 3 South-West region from Q1 2018 – Q2 2023.

As the table shows the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the annual 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.

In Q1 2018 there were 314,800 persons aged 15-89 in employment (based on standard ILO criteria) in the South-West region. In Q2 2023 there were 377,100 persons aged 15-89 employed in the South-West. This is an increase of 62,300 persons or 19.8%.

Number of employed persons (ILO) aged 15 - 89 years classified by NUTS3 South-West region, Q1 2018 - Q2 2023, 000s.

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

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: Q1 Jan-Mar,Q2 Apr-Jun,Q3 Jul-Sep,Q4 Oct-Dec.