Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons employed in each of the bloodstock, greyhound, beef, pig and poultry industries in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20747/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The CSO estimates of employment in the meat processing sector over the period 2000 to 2004 is as follows:

A more detailed breakdown by sub-sector is not available from the CSO.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons employed in agriculture in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20748/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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According to statistics published by the Central Statistics Office in the quarterly national household survey, employment in agriculture using the International Labour Office definition has fallen from 127,300 in 2000 to 112,100 in 2004. The International Labour Office is the standard international classification which classifies respondents as economically active, in employment or unemployed, or economically inactive — not in the labour force — on the basis of their experience in the week before the survey.