Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Statistics
9:00 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees in full-time and part-time capacity in each of the past ten years. [27528/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Labour force indicators such as employment and unemployment are measured by the quarterly national household survey from 1998 onwards and prior to that were measured by the annual labour force survey. The latest figures available are from March to May 2005. The estimated number of persons in employment full-time and part-time from 1995 to 2005 is set out in the following table.
| Estimated number of persons aged 15 and over in employment (ILO), 1995 to 2005 | |||
| Year | Full-time | Part-time | Total |
| thousands | |||
| 1995 | 1,127.8 | 153.9 | 1,281.7 |
| 1996 | 1,176.4 | 152.1 | 1,328.5 |
| 1997 | 1,210.0 | 169.9 | 1,379.9 |
| 1998 | 1,243.8 | 250.2 | 1,494.0 |
| 1999 | 1,322.2 | 266.9 | 1,589.1 |
| 2000 | 1,390.1 | 281.4 | 1,671.5 |
| 2001 | 1,435.4 | 286.5 | 1,721.9 |
| 2002 | 1,471.5 | 292.3 | 1,763.8 |
| 2003 | 1,488.2 | 305.2 | 1,793.4 |
| 2004 | 1,525.0 | 311.1 | 1,836.1 |
| 2005 | 1,597.5 | 331.7 | 1,929.2 |
| Reference period 1995 to 1997: The annual Labour Force Survey (April each year). | |||
| Reference period 1998 to 2005: The second quarter (March to May) each year from the Quarterly National Household Survey. | |||
| Source: Central Statistics Office. |
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