asked the Taoiseach the population and the population between 18 and 66 years in the following categories: (a) direct employment and agriculture; (b) manufacturing industry; (c) the tourist industry; and (d) semi-State bodies; and the number of persons employed in each category.
Written Answers. - Population Statistics.
627.
The latest year for which information is available is 1982.
The total population was estimated at 3,483,000 in April 1982. In the following table the information available on the estimated labour force by broad sector for mid-April 1982 is set out. The estimates are for persons aged 15 years and over.
|
Branch of Economic Activity |
Estimated Labour Force (a) (000) |
|
Mining, quarrying and turf production |
12 |
|
Manufacturing industries |
232 |
|
Building and Construction |
92 |
|
Electricity, Gas and Water |
16 |
|
Commerce, Insurance and Finance |
208 |
|
Transport, Communication and Storage |
70 |
|
Public Administration and Defence |
79 |
|
Other non-agricultural activity |
241 |
|
Non-agricultural economic activity |
950 |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
196 |
|
Total at Work |
1,146 |
|
Out of Work(b) |
137 |
|
Total Labour Force |
1,283 |
|
Agriculture |
196 |
|
Industry |
352 |
|
Services |
598 |
Notes:
(a) Figures are provisional pending the availability of the final results of the 1981 Census of Population and the results of the 1983 Labour Force Survey.
(b) Excludes persons who are not yet at work having left full-time education. A sample analysis of the Census of Population returns indicates an estimate of 20,000 such persons in April 1981.
It is not possible to identify the "tourist industry" as a separate sector in compiling these estimates. In January 1983, the latest date for which the information is available, there were some 66,000 persons at work in semi-State bodies.