Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 February 2013
24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report the share of GDP going to labour in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2012, unit labour costs here annually since 2006, with 2005 equal to 100 and industrial capacity utilisation in the economy here in each year since 2005. [9168/13]
View answerAs regards the share of GDP going to labour in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2012, I am advised that relevant data is only available since 1994 and is not yet available for 2011 or 2012. The following table sets out Ireland’s share of GDP going to labour in the years 2000 and 2006. The figure for 2010 is also provided as this is the latest data available.
Labour Income Share (Real ULC)
|
2000 |
2006 |
2010 |
|
56% |
58% |
61% |
As regards annual unit labour costs, the following table sets out latest available details for Ireland since 2006, with 2005 equal to 100:
Index OECD base year (2005 =100)
|
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
100 |
104.3344 |
108.5145 |
115.3145 |
108.9089 |
101.0712 |
As regards industrial capacity utilisation data, I am advised that the AMECO capacity utilisation series was discontinued in 2008 and the CSO has confirmed that they do not collect such data.
Matters in relation to GDP data fall generally within the remit of the Department of Finance. However, there is a range of data available on publicly accessible websites such as CSO, Eurostat and AMECO and I will arrange for my officials to send the relevant website links to your office.
