Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of An Taoiseach

Employment Statistics

9:00 pm

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in employment in the public sector and in the private sector, including persons working part-time. [1054/10]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The table shows the estimated numbers of full-time and part-time employees in the public and private sectors in the second quarter of 2009, the latest period for which information is available. The figures are based on the Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS). As this is a survey of enterprises, persons with more than one job may be counted twice in the figures but the effect of this on the estimates is expected to be very low.

The EHECS figures do not include self-employed persons or enterprises with less than three employees. Estimates from the quarterly national household survey indicate that there were 330,000 self employed persons in the state in the second quarter of 2009, in addition to the number of employees given in the table.

Persons in Full-time and Part-time employment by Sector, Quarter 2 20091

Full-timePart -timeApprenticesTotal
Total Private Sector880,200338,70029,3001,248,200
Total Public Sector331,70083,3003,300418,300

1 Results for Quarter 2 2009 are subject to revision

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 133: To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees who work in businesses with fewer than ten employees. [1055/10]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The latest annual Business Demography statistics were published in June 2009 with respect to the year 2007. In 2007 there were 254,679 persons employed in active enterprises with less than 10 employees. Business Demography coverage is limited to NACE Rev 1.1 sectors C - K and does not include the non-traded service sectors or other community, social and personal services.

Employees in Active Enterprises with less than 10 employees
20062007
Employees in Active Enterprises (Number)
NACE sectors (C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K)250091254679
Mining and quarrying (C)462486
Manufacturing (D)1556015874
Electricity, gas, and water supply (E)190207
Construction (F)7079872084
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal household goods (G)6878869222
Hotels and restaurants (H)2477125205
Transport, storage and communication (I)1175212123
Real estate, renting and business activities (K)5777059478
*NACE code 74.15 Activities of holding companies is excluded from sector K.

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