Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Fishing Industry
9:00 pm
Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed in the fish processing sector; and the numbers employed on a county basis. [29743/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Please refer to the following table for the relevant information.
| Estimated figures for Employment in Seafood Processing for 2006 | |||
| Company | Full time | Part time | Total |
| Clare | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Cork | 442 | 146 | 588 |
| Donegal | 471 | 283 | 754 |
| Dublin | 340 | 200 | 540 |
| Galway | 176 | 60 | 236 |
| Kerry | 123 | 58 | 181 |
| Limerick | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| Louth | 53 | 6 | 59 |
| Mayo | 98 | 29 | 127 |
| Sligo | 65 | 14 | 79 |
| Waterford | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| Wexford | 188 | 6 | 194 |
| Wicklow | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 2,026 | 837 | 2,863 |
| Total at Full Time Equivalent | 2,335 |
Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the gross output for the fish processing sector in 2007 or the most recent year for which statistics are available. [29744/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The latest figure available from the Central Statistics Office is for 2005 and gross output for the fish processing sector in that year was €310 million.
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