Women in the workforce

Summary

In 1983, an estimated 389,000 women made up 30% of Ireland’s labour force, compared with 38% across the EC. The Minister said the share had been increasing up to 1983 and that 1984 survey figures would soon be available.

Michael P. Kitt Mr. Kitt Fianna Fáil

asked the Taoiseach the number of women in the workforce in Ireland; the percentage of the workforce this number represents; and the average European percentage.

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Nuala Fennell Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Barrett, Fine Gael

Dún Laoghaire): In 1983, the most recent year for which data were available for all EC member states, there were an estimated 389,000 women in the labour force in Ireland, representing 30 per cent of the total labour force in the State. In the EC as a whole, women make up an estimated 38 per cent of the total labour force.

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Michael P. Kitt Mr. Kitt Fianna Fáil

Have those figures been on the increase since the survey was done and prior to 1983? Were they increasing before that?

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Seán Barrett Mr. Barrett Fine Gael

(Dún Laoghaire): Up to 1983 the trend had been increasing. The figures from the 1984 labour force survey should be available shortly.

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