Written answers
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Economic Statistics
5:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide data showing the contribution to gross domestic product of the small and medium enterprises sector to the Irish economy for 2007; the percentage of the total this accounts for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14819/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In compiling GDP, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has advised that a distinction is not made in the calculations between enterprises of various sizes. Consequently, it is not possible to provide the contribution of SMEs to GDP.
However, the following data collated by the CSO from various CSO Surveys relating to 2005 — the latest year for which statistics are available — provide some insight into the importance of small and medium enterprises to the Irish economy.
These figures show the Gross Value Added (GVA) by enterprises classified by the NACE sector in which they are engaged and by the size of the enterprises in terms of the number of persons engaged in them. It should be noted that the health, education and financial services sectors are not covered by the figures set out in the Table below.
| Gross Value Added (GVA) by enterprises classified by NACE sector | ||
| NACE sector | Persons engaged size class | GVA €000s in 2005 |
| G (Wholesale and Retail trade, repair of motor vehicles etc.) | 0 to 49 | 7,269,646 |
| 50 to 249 | 3,885,741 | |
| Over 250 | 3,589,950 | |
| Total | 14,745,337 | |
| H (Hotels and Restaurants and Bars) | 0 to 49 | 1,844,952 |
| 50 to 249 | 1,006,932 | |
| Over 250 | 337,620 | |
| Total | 3,189,504 | |
| I (Transport, Storage and communication) | 0 to 49 | 3,571,055 |
| 50 to 249 | 1,624,357 | |
| Over 250 | 5,182,277 | |
| Total | 10,377,689 | |
| K (Real estate, renting and business activity) | 0 to 49 | 8,579,997 |
| 50 to 249 | 4,727,575 | |
| Over 250 | 2,631,567 | |
| Total | 15,939,139 | |
| O (Other community and personal services) | 0 to 49 | 790,683 |
| 50 to 249 | 498,142 | |
| Over 250 | 330,441 | |
| Total | 1,619,266 | |
| Industry (Manufacturing, Mining and Electricity, gas and Water) | 0 to 49 | 2,620,784 |
| 50 to 249 | 8,274,984 | |
| Over 250 | 27,861,806 | |
| Total | 38,757,574 | |
| Construction | 0 to 19 | Not available |
| 20 to 49 | 1,511,192 | |
| 50 to 249 | 2,722,316 | |
| Over 250 | 1,594,402 | |
| 5,827,910 | ||
| Total above sectors | 90,456,419 |
The total value added shown above for each sector is taken from the relevant business survey and is not fully compatible with the aggregate contribution to GDP. The GVA for the total economy in 2005 was €142,468 million. The figures in the above Table, equate to 63.5% of the GVA for the total economy in 2005.
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