Employment Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2015

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Questions (214)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number employed directly in the aircraft leasing industry here. [17313/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

The CSO's statistics on Business Demography indicated that there were 971 persons engaged in the aircraft leasing sector in 2012, the latest year for which these figures are available. The figures for aircraft leasing relate to NACE Rev 2 sector N77.35 “Renting and Leasing of Aircraft Activities”. The statistics on Business Demography are published by the CSO in an annual statistical release and on the StatBank database of statistical tables. The data are based on the CSO Central Business Register of all enterprises that are active in the State.