233. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of members of trade unions that notified her Department of being in benefit on 31 December 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38519/19]

Section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 provides that within one month after 31st December each year a trade union which is the holder of a negotiation licence shall send to the Minister a statement of the number of its members on the 31st December. Details of the trade unions membership numbers as at 31st December 2018 are in the following table.