Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of workers in 2005 and in each of the previous five years who reported suffering from work related stress. [13212/06]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 316: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of deaths in 2005 and in each of the past five years which were work related. [13230/06]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 317: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of the population and the workforce who suffer ill health associated with work in 2005 and in each of the past five years. [13231/06]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 314, 316 and 317 together.

In relation to the percentage of workers who reported suffering from work related stress in 2005 and each of the preceding five years, figures obtained from the Health and Safety Authority from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, as set out in Table 1, illness category by gender, indicate that 12,200 respondents in the quarterly national household survey, QNHS, of the CSO reported stress, depression or anxiety illnesses for 2004 at a rate of six per 1,000 workers. Of these, 5,300 were males, a rate of five per 1,000 workers, and 6,800 are females, a rate of eight per 1,000 workers. Figures for 2005 are not yet available and there are no corresponding data available for preceding years.

With regard to work related deaths, the Health and Safety Authority has provided figures on the number of reported work-related fatalities for past five years, which are set out in Table 2. The fatalities are compared with information supplied by the CSO in regard to those aged 15+ in employment for each of the years. The work-related fatality rate per 100,000 persons employed is also shown in the table. I understand that the authority does not have information on the rate of work-related deaths as a percentage of all deaths in the population in any year.

In relation to work-related ill health, the Central Statistics Office, in accordance with data obtained through its quarterly national household survey, has provided the Health and Safety Authority with estimates of work-related ill health in the period 2001 to 2004. This information is set out in Table 3. Data for 2005 were collected in the first quarter of 2006 and are not yet available.

The Deputy will appreciate that the questions relate to areas wider than those covered in my range of responsibilities as Minister with responsibility for occupational health and safety and perhaps the Central Statistics Office website, www.cso.ie which contains a wide range of information under a variety of headings including labour market and people and population, would also be of assistance.