Dáil Éireann - Volume 623 - 04 July, 2006

Written Answers. - Employment Levels.

Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of people residing here who are in employment in the Six Counties; and the number of people who reside in the Six Counties who are in employment here, both overall and by county of residence or location of employment. [25941/06]

  Mr. Kitt:Statistics on residents here who are working in Northern Ireland are estimated from the Quarterly National Household [272] Survey and are presented in the following table. These figures are available at State level only.

Persons in employment(ILO) whose place of work is outside the State, December-February 2006

Country of normal place of work

’000

Northern Ireland

4.1

Other United Kingdom

1.2

All Other

2.5

Total

7.8

Note:Data may be subject to future revision.

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

Source:Quarterly National Household Survey.

Corresponding statistics relating to residents of Northern Ireland working in the Republic are not available.