asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the active population aged 15 or 16 to 65 engaged in employment in Ireland, each of 14 other EU states, Canada, Japan and the United States of America. [21141/98]

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Sources: EUROSTAT and OECD. Data relates to spring 1997 for EU countries and 1995 for others.