Irish construction employment up 2.6% in year to April 2006

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Irish construction employment up 2.6% in year to April 2006
By Finfacts Team
Jun 22, 2006, 13:34

The CSO reported today that employment in private firms (with five or more persons engaged) in the construction industry increased by 2.6% in April 2006 by comparison with April 2005. The monthly employment index increased from 106.3 in April 2005 to 109.1 in April 2006.

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Source: CSO

The annual increase in employment was 2.3% for March 2006.

There are more than 250,000 directly employed in the Irish construction sector. When an estimated 80,000 in financial and business service jobs that are dependent on the construction sector are added to direct employment, we get a total of 330,000 - just short of 20% of the private workforce according to Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures. Business service jobs have increased by 100,00 in recent years.