Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 11 Feb 1998

Vol. 487 No. 1

Written Answers. - Bookmaking Jobs.

Seamus Kirk

Question:

76 Mr. Kirk asked the Taoiseach the numbers employed in bookmaking, part and full time, for the last available year. [3478/98]

The Taoiseach

According to the 1997 labour force survey approximately 2,000 persons were employed in bookmaking, of whom 70 per cent had a full-time status.