Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the number of small businesses here that employ three to 12 persons. [30388/12]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The number of enterprises active in the private business economy during 2010 is set out below:

Active Enterprises by Persons Engaged Size Class, 2010, Business economy excluding activities of holding companies (B to N,-642)

The private business economy covers Industry, Construction and Services in NACE Rev 2 sectors B – N (excluding 64.20 "Activities of holding companies"). Enterprises in the Public Sector, Health, Education and Agriculture are not included.

Enterprises are counted as active if they have employees or file a tax return for the reference year. "Persons engaged" includes employees, proprietors and family members.

Detailed data tables are available on CSO's data dissemination service at:

http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/80

The Background Notes at the link below provide more details on the Business Demography release:

http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/multi-sectoral/businessdemography/backgroundnotes/