Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the film and television production industry; and the number of these which are categorised as trainees. [27801/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. In line with EU requirements the QNHS collects sector of employment according to the standard EU classification (NACE Rev.2).

The two digit NACE Rev. 2 classification of employment is the most detailed employment data available from the QNHS.

The two digit NACE Rev. 2 Code 59 (Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities) includes data on employment in the film and television production industry.

The QNHS estimate of employment in the two digit NACE Rev. 2 Code 59 (Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities) in Q1 2017 was 6,600 persons. It is not possible to provide details of the number of trainees included in this two digit NACE Rev. 2 employment classification for reasons of statistical reliability.