Written answers
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Data
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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146. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of overall employment which is accounted for by public service employment for the most recent five years for which data is available. [40676/13]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The breakdown requested by the Deputy is included in the following table. In Q2 2013, the latest quarter for which estimated employment data is available, 24.7% of all employees were in the public sector. The source of the estimate is the Earnings Hours and Employment Costs survey (EHECS) as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Estimates of Employment by Private and Public Sectors (EHECS: 2008-2013)
| Quarter | Private sector | Public sector | All sectors | % Private sector | % Public sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2/2008 | 1,354,500 | 421,400 | 1,775,900 | 76.3 | 23.7 |
| Q2/2009 | 1,195,800 | 417,600 | 1,613,400 | 74.1 | 25.9 |
| Q2/2010 | 1,145,100 | 408,900 | 1,554,000 | 73.7 | 26.3 |
| Q2/2011* | 1,128,700 | 406,600 | 1,535,300 | 73.5 | 26.5 |
| Q2/2012 | 1,129,300 | 382,700 | 1,512,000 | 74.7 | 25.3 |
| Q2/2013 | 1,150,700 | 377,300 | 1,528,000 | 75.3 | 24.7 |
* includes temporary census field staff
Source: CSO
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