Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Employment Statistics
8:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workdays that were lost in 2005 and in each of the previous five years, as a result of work related injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10724/06]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I understand from the Central Statistics Office that the figures for 2005 are currently being compiled and not yet available. The table below sets out the most recent available information for each of the years 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004. As for 1999 and 2000, I understand there are no comparable figures available. As for 2001, no data were collected.
I should mention that the days lost data should be interpreted with care as respondents may have included "potential" days persons in employment who suffered injury or illness by total number of days lost.
| Table 1 Persons in employment who suffered injury or illness by total number of days lost** | ||||
| Q2 1998 | Q1 2002 | Q1 2003* | Q1 2004* | |
| In employment (000s) | 1,494.5 | 1,745.5 | 1,772.0 | 1,835.9 |
| Injury | ||||
| Total persons suffering injury (000s) | 43.1 | 51.8 | 43.1 | 54.4 |
| Rate per hundred | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Days lost | 769,200 | 857,300 | 610,400 | 782,909 |
| Illness | ||||
| Total persons suffering Illness (000s) | 26.1 | 33.0 | 38.1 | 46.3 |
| Rate per hundred | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Days lost | 397,300 | 583,700 | 675,700 | 591,904 |
| Total incidence (000s) | 69.2 | 84.8 | 81.2 | 100.7 |
| Total days lost | 1,166,500 | 1,441,000 | 1,286,100 | 1,374,813 |
| *Figures relate to most recent injury only | ||||
| **Days lost data should be interpreted with care as respondents may have included 'potential' days lost |
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of employees employed in time limited contract jobs in 2005 and in each of the previous ten years. [10725/06]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The European Commission's statistical publication, Employment in Europe 2005, includes the following information in respect of fixed-term contract workers in Ireland in the period 1993 to 2004.
| Key Employment Indicators for Ireland in respect of fixed-term contracts as a percentage of total employment | |
| Year | % of Total Employment |
| 1993 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 8.1 |
| 1995 | 8.3 |
| 1996 | 7.2 |
| 1997 | 6.9 |
| 1998 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 3.7 |
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 435: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of the workforce employed by temporary work agencies in 2005 and in each of the previous five years. [10726/06]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Not all of the information requested by the Deputy is available. However, a European Union sectoral study on the temporary agency workers sector in Ireland, prepared in June 2004 for the social dialogue unit of the European Commission, estimated that agency work in Ireland as a percentage of employment was 5.5% of the total workforce.
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