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Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (8 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: A breakdown of the numbers in the Reserve Defence Force over the last 5 years will be circulated in the form of the following tabular statement. In 2006 there were 1,124 recruits and in 2007 to date, there have been 847. The RDF is going through a process of change with the implementation of the recommendations of the White Paper on Defence and the RDF Implementation Board Report. The...

Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (8 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The White Paper on Defence of February 2000 sets out a figure of 10,500 personnel for the Permanent Defence Force, comprising 930 for the Air Corps, 1,144 for the Naval Service and 8,426 for the Army. The strength of the Permanent Defence Force on 30 September 2007, as advised by the military authorities, was 10,361. This comprises 8,444 in the Army, 849 in the Air Corps and 1,068 in the...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (8 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: This is a matter for the Department of Transport.

Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (13 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period March to May 2007. Unemployment details as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table. Persons aged 15 years and over unemployed (ILO), 1997-2007 Period Unemployed Unemployment '000 % 1997 159.0 10.3 1998 126.4 7.8 1999 96.9 5.7 2000 74.5...

Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (13 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period March to May 2007. Details of numbers in employment as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table. Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) 1999 -2007 Period '000 1997 1,379.9 1998 1,494.0 1999 1,589.1 2000 1,671.4 2001 1,721.9...

Written Answers — Quarterly National Household Survey: Quarterly National Household Survey (20 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The following statistics are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. In 1997 there were 290,200 persons aged 70 years and over living in the State, the comparable figure for 2007 was 333,800.

Written Answers — Meat Imports: Meat Imports (20 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table showing the total quantity of meat imports by country (top 21). Imports Country of Origin Year (Jan-July) 2007 Year (full) 2006 Meat (tonnes) Great Britain 41,126 69,718 Netherlands 18,111 31,368 Germany 24,521 18,143 North. Ireland 5,263 13,280 Ireland 6,833 11,361 Brazil 6,879 10,147 France 5,842 9,594...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. Statistics from this source are only available at a NUTS3 regional level. Unemployment rate details as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. Persons aged 15 years and over classified by unemployment rates (ILO), sex and region, 1997-2007 Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 137, inclusive, together. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the value added generated in the total economy from the production of goods and services, valued at market prices. Gross National Product (GNP) differs from GDP by the value of "net factor incomes" to or from abroad and is measured only at national level. Factor incomes are incomes from...

Written Answers — Population Estimate: Population Estimate (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is shown in the following table in respect of April of the years indicated. Numbers of Persons and Private Households, 2002-2007 Population Private Households Thousands 2002 3,917.2 1,344.4 2003 3,978.9 1,383.8 2004 4,043.8 1,405.9 2005 4,130.7 1,453.9 2006 4,234.9 1,488.4 2007 Not yet available 1,533.3 The population estimates for 2003-2006...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Body Year of Establishment Abolished/Still in Existence National Forum On Europe 2001 Still in existence Taskforce on Active Citizenship 2006 March 2007 (First) Information Society Commission 1997 December 2000 (Second) Information Society Commission 2001 December 2004 National Centre for Partnership and Performance...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below: Data in respect of staff employed in the Department of the Taoiseach as at 31 October, 2007 Number Employed Permanent Staff Temporary Staff Contract Staff 215 190 0 25 Data in respect of staff employed in the Department of the Taoiseach as at 31 October, 2002 Number Employed Permanent Staff Temporary Staff Contract...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The table below provides details of the amount spent by my Department between 2004 and to date (end of October) in 2007 for air travel, business class flights and first class flights: Year Business class First class Economy Total â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 2004 187,432 65,256 77,937 330,625 2005 76,830 95,108 67,288 239,226 2006 108,211 Nil 78,557 186,768 2007 (up to end October) 90,049...

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:

Written Answers — Health Expenditure: Health Expenditure (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The Household Budget Survey (HBS), which is carried out every five years by the Central Statistics Office, provides information on the average weekly income and expenditure of all private households in the State. The table below provides information on the average weekly expenditure by private households on medical costs from the most recent HBS, which represented the period October 2004 to...

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (27 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The total housing stock in April 2006 was 1.77 million units according to the Census carried out at that time. Of these, 1.46 million were occupied by their usual residents on Census Night. The remaining 310,000 units consisted mainly of vacant houses or flats and holiday homes. Of the 1.46 million occupied housing units 1.09 million were owner occupied, accounting for a population of 3.1...

Written Answers — Population Statistics: Population Statistics (11 Dec 2007)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113, 115 and 116 together. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Population of inhabited Islands off the coast, Census 2006 Persons Co. Donegal An Chruit 53 Árainn Mhór 522 Aughnish 3 Gabhla 4 Inis Bó Finne 36 Inis Caorach 7 Inis Fraoigh 9 Inis Mhic an Doirn 13 Oileán an Bhráighe 13 Toraigh 142 Uaigh 27 Total...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (12 Dec 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Occupancy Status Vacant house Vacant flat Holiday home Total Geographic Area Leinster 70,437 25,697 10,781 106,915 Carlow 1,857 310 308 2,475 Dublin City and County 27,122 18,765 418 46,305 Dublin City 12,557 13,424 111 26,092 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 4,661 2,207 60 6,928 Fingal 5,841 1,804 233 7,878 South Dublin...

Written Answers — Population Statistics: Population Statistics (18 Dec 2007)

Tom Kitt: The number of marriages registered in 2006 was 21,841. This equates to 515 marriages per 100,000 population. This figure is subject to revision.

Written Answers — Population Statistics: Population Statistics (18 Dec 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. It should be noted that the figures for 'Separated' include deserted as this was the way the question was formulated on the 2006 Census Form. Census 2006 Marital Status Persons Males Females Divorced 59,534 27,226 32,308 Separated (including deserted) 107,263 45,783 61,480