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Gains, Losses and Change in Permanent Employment
Figure 1 Job Gains, Losses and Net Change in Permanent Full Time Employment,
2000 – <strong>2009</strong>
Source: Annual Employment Survey <strong>2009</strong>, Forfás, 2010
Figure 1 highlights the trend in the number of jobs being created and lost over the period
2000 to <strong>2009</strong>. In the period 2001 to 2004, agency assisted companies recorded net job losses,
which was followed by a period of net job creation in 2005 to 2007. 2008 saw net job losses
of 6,784. In <strong>2009</strong>, 13,059 job gains were outweighed by 47,047 job losses, giving a net job
loss of 33,988.
<strong>The</strong>se net job losses in <strong>2009</strong> were concentrated in traditional manufacturing sectors such as
food (-2,169), and construction related sectors such as non-metallic minerals (-3,566), and
basic and fabricated metal products (-3,111). Computer, electronic and optical products in
the modern manufacturing category also experienced net job losses with a decrease of 3,654
jobs in <strong>2009</strong>. <strong>The</strong> medical devices sector was the only manufacturing sector to see
employment growth in <strong>2009</strong>, with net increases of 365 jobs.
Employment creation has been driven by the services sectors over the past decade, but in
<strong>2009</strong> all services sectors saw net employment losses. Computer consultancy and programming
sectors saw losses of 4,033 jobs while financial and business services showed net employment
losses of 4.6 (972 jobs) and 10 (1,167 jobs) per cent respectively in <strong>2009</strong>.
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