Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full extent of employment currently provided throughout the food industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37981/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The CSO’s four Quarterly National Household Surveys in 2015 showed that employment in the agri-food sector overall, including all its component parts, averaged around 170,000. This represented 8.4% of national employment.