Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in betting offices here during each of the past five years. [19631/14]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the deputy would come under NACE Rev 2 sector R92 “Gambling and betting activities.” As well as staff employed in betting offices, this sector also includes other gambling activities, such as casinos, gambling arcades, online gambling businesses and the sale of lottery tickets.

These figures are not available for 2012 or for 2013. Data for 2012 is not yet available as it is dependent on the receipt of administrative data which were filed in 2013 but were not fully available to the CSO until March 2014, with the Business Demography release due to follow in June. The latest CSO Business Demography returns for 2011 were released on 25 July 2013. The primary purpose of Business Demography is to provide estimates of numbers of enterprises and numbers of persons engaged. The data for Business Demography is based on the CSO Central Business Register. The Business Register is a register of all enterprises that are active in the State. There is no lower size limit, but for practical reasons, Business Demography data is based on enterprises that are registered with the Revenue Commissioners. The first reference year covered is 2006. The numbers of Employees and Persons Engaged in “Gambling and betting activities” from 2006-2011 is in the following table.

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 25 July 2013 is available at . The Business in Ireland Release of November 2012 is available at .