asked the Taoiseach the income of each sector of the community under the categories (a) agriculture, (b) industry and commerce, (c) services and (d) workers; the percentage of the total community represented by each heading; and the percentage of the total income each category receives.
Written Answers. - Categories of Income Earners.
301.
The following table gives for 1978 and 1979 (provisional) the estimated distribution of domestic income by type of income.
Distribution of domestic income.
|
£ million |
Percentage |
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|
Type of income |
1978 |
1979 |
1978 |
1979 |
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Trading income and income from self- employment |
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Agriculture, fishing |
865 |
771 |
16.6 |
12.9 |
|
Industry |
453 |
1,075 |
8.7 |
18.1 |
|
Services (including commerce)* |
455 |
8.8 |
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Employee income |
3,430 |
4,110 |
65.9 |
69.0 |
|
Total domestic income† |
5,203 |
5,956 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
* Including the adjustment for financial services.
† After adjustment for stock appreciation.
The latest available estimated percentage distribution by employment status is for 1977 and is given in the following table:
Percentage distribution of numbers at work by employment status.
|
Employment status |
Percentage |
|
Employers, self-employed persons and assisting relatives: |
|
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing |
18.3 |
|
Industry |
2.3 |
|
Services |
6.4 |
|
Employees (including apprentices) |
73.0 |
|
Total at work |
100.0 |
For persons at work the estimated percentage distribution relates to employment status. It is not possible to state the percentage of the total income the persons in each category receive since income arising in industry and services is distributed to persons (including employers, self-employed and employees) in other sectors and also to persons not in the labour force and abroad. In addition persons may have both employee income and income from self-employment from more than one sector.