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CSO: Numbers in employment increased by 9,600 in three months

Stats for the second quarter of the year show a seasonally adjusted increase in employment 9,600. There was an annual increase of 1.8 per cent.

THE LATEST FIGURES from the Central Statistics Office show an annual increase in employment of 33,800 (or 1.8 per cent) in the 12 months up to the end of June.

Seasonally adjusted figures for the second quarter of the year alone show an increase of 9,600 over the three month period. There was an increase of 9,000 in the first quarter of 2013.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased only marginally over the quarter – from 13.8 per cent to 13.7 per cent.

Unemployment decreased by 22,200 (or 6.9 per cent) in the year to the end of June, bringing the total numbers unemployed to 300,700. The long-term unemployment rate decreased from 9.2 per cent to 8.1 per cent over the 12 month period.

Tánaiste and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has welcomed the figures, saying they show that “real progress” is being made in terms of economic recovery.

He said it was a sign of the positive impact Labour was having in Government, and that “progress in creating jobs has been consistent and steady”.

The total number in the labour force in the second quarter of the year was 2,170,700 – an increase of 11,500 over 12 months.

A separate set of CSO stats released today, covering emigration, show that 243 people are leaving Ireland every day, with a person departing every six minutes.

Covering the 12-month period up until the end of April 2013, they show that a total of 89,000 people left the country.

Immigration, which covers people returning to the state as well as new entrants, numbered 55,900, giving a net migration figure of -33,100.

Additional reporting, Paul Hosford.

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    Mute Chopstix
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:04 PM

    Job bridge probably makes up 2/3 of them.

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    Mute Shanti Om
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    Aug 29th 2013, 7:56 PM

    That and college, several people I know have either gone back to college or opted to try start their own businesses. This would affect the live register.

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    Mute WanderArch
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    Aug 29th 2013, 9:06 PM

    Yup – I’m on the way back to college! Given up on retail! :P

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    Mute Paul Radburn
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    Aug 29th 2013, 5:46 PM

    How??? Every time you open a newspaper it tells you how many shops and businesses have closed!

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:27 PM

    Re-reading the article it does seem as if Gilmore is suggesting that without Labours influence there would be no jobs created.
    As a commentator said yesterday best to still silent and let people think you a fool, than opening your mouth and confirming it.

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    Mute Colin Frawley
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:22 PM

    meanwhile, according to CSO figures, one person leaves Ireland every six minutes, but we won’t make a connection between these two events

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    Aug 29th 2013, 7:13 PM

    Colin
    The numbers emigrating are entirely separate to the growth in the number of the people at work and the great news in these data is that a substantial proportion of the increase is in full time work. This is the best news we have seen for years but most commentators are frozen in a fixed negative position and are unable to see the wood for the Teresa,

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    Aug 29th 2013, 7:19 PM

    New name Richie? Got fed up trolling under Rick McRory huh?

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    Mute O'Reilly
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:06 PM

    Good news. But wait for it. Here they come…

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:13 PM

    Who’s “they”?

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    Mute Johnny Downes
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:27 PM

    Lies, damned lies, and statistics!

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    Mute Richie Rodgers
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:51 PM

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    Many of the responses to these fantastic data are similar to the warnings back in 2004 and 2005 about the hard landing we were going to get.
    In reality these are the best set if data we have seen since 2007 and there is a clear and transparent suggestion that our economy has made substantial strides towards recovery with the definitive start if an upward cycle. We should be cautiously celebrating and casting the doomstayers who stalk this site to one side.

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    Mute Stephen Howlin
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:07 PM

    What type of jobs are they? Are they seasonal jobs that will be ending soon, are they part time jobs?

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:12 PM

    21, 100 full time and 12, 600 part time.

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    Mute pat mustard
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:38 PM

    33,800 new jobs in the last year yet only 11,500 more people in the labour force compared to this time last year. A bit confusing.

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    Mute DesBod
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:42 PM

    The labour force includes all those available for work, ie employed and unemployed.

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    Mute pat mustard
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    Aug 29th 2013, 6:57 PM

    I stand corrected.

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    Mute Vinny Mulhall
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    Aug 29th 2013, 10:59 PM

    Lisbon for jobs.!

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