(Limerick West) asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the workforce employed in: 1. Agriculture; and 2. Agriculture-related industries in each of the EC member states; and the figure for the EC average.
Written Answers. - EC Employment Statistics.
44.
The following table shows the percentage of the total working population who were at work in agriculture in each EC member state in 1985, together with a percentage for the 12 member states combined.
|
Federal Republic of Germany |
5.0 |
|
France |
6.6 |
|
Italy |
9.7 |
|
Netherlands |
4.3 |
|
Belgium |
2.5 |
|
Luxembourg |
4.4 |
|
United Kingdom |
2.2 |
|
Ireland |
13.0 |
|
Denmark |
6.4 |
|
Greece |
24.1 |
|
Spain |
12.8 |
|
Portugal |
21.4 |
|
Europe 12 |
7.4 |
There are no corresponding data available in respect of "agriculture related industries" which is not identified as a separate sector in economic activity classifications. Agriculture related activities extend across a number of different sectors, food processing, chemicals, transport, etc., none of which are exclusively devoted to such activities.