John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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100. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the overall workforce that is employed in small and medium enterprises. [26494/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The breakdown requested by the Deputy is included in Table 1 provided below. The year 2010 is the latest reference year for which final data is available. Data from 2006 – 2010 is included for comparison purposes. The source of the estimates is the Business Demography series as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Small to medium enterprises (SME’s) are defined as follows:

1. Small Enterprises: less than 50 persons engaged.

2. Medium Enterprises: between 50 and 249 persons engaged.

3. Large Enterprises: greater than 250 persons engaged.

The enterprise figures quoted relate to the private business economy, which includes 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 covered.

Table 1: Persons Engaged as percentage of total by Year (2006 - 2010):

The following should be noted when analysing the figures provided above. The figures provided are on a “person engaged in employment” basis and not on an employee basis. The definitions used are:

1. Persons engaged, includes employees, proprietors and family members.

2. Employees are persons who are paid a fixed wage or salary. Persons at work or temporarily absent because of illness, holidays, strike etc, are included. Persons working on a labour-only subcontract basis are excluded.

3. Proprietors and family members; included here are those proprietors (partners etc) and members of their families who work regularly in the firm and are not paid a definite wage or salary.

The Business Demography Press Release of 22 June 2012 is available at;

http://www.cso.ie/en/newsandevents/pressreleases/2012pressreleases/pressreleasebusinessdemography2010/

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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101. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the multinational sector and in indigenous small and medium enterprises in 2013. [27016/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The breakdowns requested by the Deputy are included in Tables 1 and 2 provided below. The year 2010 is the latest reference year for which final data is available. The source of the estimates for Table 1 is the Business in Ireland Report 2010, as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The enterprise figures quoted in this answer relate to the private business economy, which includes 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 covered.

Table 1 provides a breakdown of employment by sector of persons engaged in Ireland in foreign-owned multinationals. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these estimates by size class of enterprise.

Table1: Persons Engaged in Ireland in Foreign-Owned Multinationals by Sector, 2010

Table 2 below provides employment by sector for all enterprises broken down by size class. The source of these estimates is the Business Demography series as published by the Central Statistics Office. As this information is from a different source to Table 1 above, it is not possible to directly estimate employment in indigenous enterprises. Additionally it can be noted that Table 2 does not cover all NACE Rev 2 sectors included in Table 1. Specifically, NACE Rev 2 Sectors B (Mining and Quarrying), D (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply) , E (Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities) and K (Financial and insurance activities excluding activities of holding companies) are not included.

Table 2: Number of Active Enterprises and Persons Engaged by Sector and Size Class:

It should be noted that figures provided are on a “person engaged in employment” basis and not on an employee basis. The definitions used are:

1. Persons engaged, includes employees, proprietors and family members.

2. Employees are persons who are paid a fixed wage or salary. Persons at work or temporarily absent because of illness, holidays, strike etc, are included. Persons working on a labour-only subcontract basis are excluded.

3. Proprietors and family members; included here are those proprietors (partners etc) and members of their families who work regularly in the firm and are not paid a definite wage or salary.

The Business Demography Press Release of 22 June 2012 is available at;

http://www.cso.ie/en/newsandevents/pressreleases/2012pressreleases/pressreleasebusinessdemography2010/

The Business in Ireland Release of November 2012 is available at;

http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/multisectoral/2010/businessinireland2010.pdf