Written answers
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Statistics
8:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 39: To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of all companies in the State which employ fewer than 50 persons. [9294/05]
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 40: To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of all companies in the State which employ fewer than ten persons. [9295/05]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 40 together.
The latest relevant statistics from the census of industrial production and the annual services inquiry in 2002 are set out in the following table:
| Total Persons Engaged | Industry | Services | ||
| No. of enterprises | % | No. of enterprises | % | |
| 1-9 | 1,962 | 39.3 | 67,025 | 87.8 |
| 10-49 | 2,082 | 41.6 | 7,716 | 10.1 |
| 50 or over | 952 | 19.1 | 1,571 | 2.1 |
| Total | 4,996 | 100.0 | 76,312 | 100.0 |
| Notes: The Industry figures relate to enterprises with three or more persons engaged. The services sectors included in the table comprise all market services with the exception of NACE Section J (Financial Intermediation). Non-market services are excluded. |
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