Joe Callanan
Question:936 Mr. Callanan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in the science and technology sector made redundant in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/06]
View answerWednesday, 27 September 2006
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This Department does not keep separate redundancy statistics in respect of the science and technology sector. However, it does keep statistics for actual redundancies in respect of the following economic sectors, a number of which would have science and technology sub-sectors, given the importance to the economy of scientific research and development.
The sectors for which actual redundancy figures are available for 2005 are contained in the following table.
|
Industrial Group |
No. of Employees |
||
|
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
|
Agriculture/Forestry and Fisheries |
436 |
202 |
638 |
|
Energy and Water |
252 |
136 |
388 |
|
Extraction Industry (Chemical Products) |
555 |
135 |
690 |
|
Metal Manufacturing and Engineering |
1243 |
462 |
1705 |
|
Other Manufacturing |
3441 |
2017 |
5458 |
|
Building and Civil Engineering |
1766 |
159 |
1925 |
|
Distributive Trades |
1653 |
1588 |
3241 |
|
Transport and Communications |
821 |
508 |
1329 |
|
Banking, Finance and Insurance |
697 |
803 |
1500 |
|
Other Services |
2695 |
3587 |
6282 |
|
TOTAL |
13,559 |
9,597 |
23,156 |