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Midlands, Ireland - Regional Profile 1 MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE 1 REGIONAL PROFILE Midlands, Ireland GENERAL INFORMATION Country: Ireland Region Name: Midlands Region NUTS2 code*: IE06 - Eastern and Midlands Region NUTS3 code: IE063 - Midlands Region Main urban centres in the region: Portlaoise (population: 22,050) Athlone (population: 21,349) Mullingar (population: 20,928) Tullamore (population: 14,607) Longford (population: 10,008) *NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NOTICE ON COVID-19 The content of this regional profile was primarily collated prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Where possible, reference to the consequences of the pandemic on the transition process have been made. However, these are not comprehensive; nor can they be, given the uncertainties surrounding the nature, timing and scale of the pandemic’s impact. Rather these references illustrate the changing dynamics and context of the transition process. PLATFORM FOR COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE 2 Overview The Midlands Region consists of four counties, Laois, Offaly, There are three power stations, namely West Offaly Power Longford and Westmeath and is located in the central area Station (County Offaly), Lough Ree Power Station (County of Ireland. It has a population of 292,301 (CSO Census of Longford) and Edenderry Power Station (County Offaly) - see population, 2016) and is mostly rural, with a population map below, in black. The economic and social significance density of 46 persons/km2 (2017). Peat extraction in Ireland of the peat industry and related power generation is highly concentrated in the Midlands region, but also (employment, income, supply chain etc) and the challenges extends into some areas of adjoining regions including the of transition are not unique to the Midlands Region but also Mid-East counties (i.e. Kildare) and Western Region (counties impact on areas in adjoining counties. Roscommon and East Galway), and Mid-West Region (North Tipperary). The bogs are depicted in brown in the map below. Donegal Monaghan Ballina Oweninny Cavan Mountdillon Long ford Mostrim Westport Lough Ree Power Station Navan Roscommon Ballivor Mullingar Blackwater Kinnegad Athlone Attymon Ballydermot Dublin Galw ay Boora Edenderry Power Station Ballinasloe Tullamore West Offaly Power Station Naas Derrygreenagh Newbridge Kildare Portlaoise Kilberry Cuil na Mona Nenagh Littleton Carlow Thurles Limerick Kilkenn y Tralee Waterford Cork Own elabortation, based on Bord na Mona, 2011. PLATFORM FOR COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE 3 Regional socio-economic profile Eastern and Midlands Region National Midlands Date / Source (NUTS 3) (NUTS 0) (NUTS 2) NUTS 3: Population 2016, CSO Ireland 292,301 2,369,275 4,830,392 [persons] NUTS 2, NUTS 0: 2018, Eurostat Population density 2017 46 165 70.0 [persons/km2] Eurostat Employment 2016 109,680 1,118,900 2,180,000 [No. persons employed] Eurostat Employment rate 2018 - 75.6% 74.1% [% share of population Eurostat aged 20-64] Unemployment rate 2019Q4 4.5% 4.4% 4.5% [% share of labour force CSO Ireland aged 15-74] GDP per person 2017 €23,002 €67,142 €61,369 [€] CSO Ireland Small and Medium- 2016 Sized Enterprises 39.2% 47.5% 45.7% Houses of the (SME) Oireachtas PLATFORM FOR COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Less thansecondaryeducation(levels0-2) 8% 1,9% 21% 3,8% Industry of which manufacturing 15% 15% 9,2% 12,6% Midl 17% Midl ands R accommodation and food services ands R Distributive trades,Construction transport, Educational attainment egio 6,7% egio Employment bysector 5,9% non-tertiary education(level3–4) 6,4% n Information and communication n Secondary orpost-secondary 43% 26,9% Easter 25,6% Easter Financial and insurance activities 25,7% 33% n n and 3,6% and 7,5% 5,4% Midlands 37% Midlands 3,4% Real estate activities 6,8% 4,3% Public administration, defence, education, Tertiary education(levels5–8 National National human health and social work activities 36% Arts, entertainment and recreation; other services 0,4% 8% 52% 12,2% 10,6% 24,2% 46% 25,8% 25,1% ) 4,2% Data / Source: Q2 2019, CSO Ireland 5,1% 5,3% 4 Data / Source: 2019Q4, CSO Ireland PLATFORM FOR COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE 5 GVA per sector Midlands Region Eastern and Midlands National % % 35,6 33,9 % 23,9 % % % % % 18,9 18,6 18,5 % 17,7 % % 16,6 15,3 % 14,4 % 14,3 % % % % % 12,4 11,5 11,4 11,2 11 10,9 10,7 9,4% 7,5% 6,5% 6% 5,7% 5,6% 3,5% 3,2% 2,7% 2,5% 2,1% 1,7% 1,5% 0,5% 0,1% Data / Source: 2017, CSO Ireland Industry Construction Real estate activities of which manufacturing Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Distributive trades, transport, Information and communicationFinancial and insurance activities accommodation and food services Publichuman administration, health and defence, social work education, activities Arts, entertainment and recreation; other services General description of the economic averaging at 36.7 years, with a young dependency ratio of and demographic profile of the region 37.6% in 2016 (20.2% at national level, 2016)4. According including notable trends and projections to CSO Ireland, the young dependency ratio is projected to decrease, to 34.8% in 2021 and 31.5% in 2031. As for the old dependency ratio, it stood at 20.2% in 2016 (20.7% at The Midland Region (NUTS 3) is part of the Eastern and national level), set to increase to 23.6% by 2021 and 32.4% Midland Region (NUTS 2), which includes the capital city of by 20311. Dublin. The Midlands is home to 292,301 people (2016). It is a largely rural region, in which agriculture and the peat GDP per capita in the Midlands Region was 37.5% of industry have traditionally made up an important share of the national average in 2017 (€23,002 compared to the the economy. There is a relatively low population density (46 national average of €61,369). With the capital city of 2 people/km ), characterised by significant commuting of the Dublin located in the Eastern and Midlands Region (NUTS 2), working population to Dublin and other towns and cities - notable regional differences occur: the median disposable approx. 24.000 people leave daily for college / work. Despite income per person in the Midlands (NUTS 3) is of €20,303, these commuter figures, public transport is lacking in the compared to €27,035 for Dublin (CSO, 2018). Similar more peripheral communities and some of the existing main differences exist for the deprivation rate (i.e. households road networks suffer from heavy congestion. that are considered to be marginalised or deprived as they cannot afford goods and services considered to be the norm) In recent years, the Eastern and Midlands Region has which is at 20.3% in the Midlands compared to 13.5% in benefited from population growth. This trend is particularly Dublin; and the population at risk of poverty (i.e. people prominent in the Eastern Region (+17.4% between 2000 and or households with an income below 60% of the median 2016), followed by the Midlands Region (+16.1% between income), at 15.3% in the Midlands, compared to 9.3% in 2000 and 2016) and Dublin Region (+13.5% between 2000 Dublin (CSO, 2018). and 20161). The Midlands has a relatively young population, PLATFORM FOR COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION MIDLANDS, IRELAND - REGIONAL PROFILE 6 Since the economic downturn of 2007, overall employment in Ireland has been recovering. In 2019, the unemployment Regional peat industry rate of the Midland Region was equal to the national and power plant profile average of 4.5%, and below the EU28 average of 6.3% (Eurostat, 2019) – a historical low. The Live Register, which records people receiving Jobseekers Benefit (JB) or Jobseekers Allowance (JA), including part-time, seasonal and Overview and general characteristics of casual workers, dropped over recent years1. The regional peat-related industry and locations labour force participation rate was at 58.6% (2018 Q4) Ireland has extensive peat resources, developed and slightly below the national average of 62.2%1; and a high managed by the publicly owned company Bord na Móna share of employment in small and medium enterprises is plc. The land acquired by Bord na Móna extends to about registered in the Midlands (near 40% of total employment)2. 80,000 hectares, with over 130 individual bogs that are However, the COVID-19 pandemic has implications organised and managed as Bog Groups. A majority of those for regional employment figures in the Midlands and are concentrated in the Midland Region, though they also adjacent counties. In addition to people already receiving extend into the counties Kildare, Roscommon, East Galway, support under the Live Register (total of 43,491, 7.2% of and North Tipperary; and therefore, the socio-economic the national total in 2020), 115,600 people have been importance of the industry does not solely relate to Midland registered under the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Region. Alongside the peat extraction, a bespoke industrial Payment (PUP) since March 2020 (DEASP, 2020), compared rail network of 700km, with 200 railway locomotives and to a national total of 283,037 (CSO 2020). 1700 railway wagons carry the collected peat from nine counties into three power stations, Edenderry, West Offaly and Lough Ree. These power stations are located within the Table 1: Current number of Live Registers and Midland Region. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) both the power stations of West Offaly and Lough Ree are not currently operating due to a reduction of demand since Area Live Register COVID-19 PUP March 2020 (although, it is reasonable to consider that this Midlands 15,284 33,100 may mean permanent closure for both stations - see below).
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