The supply and use tables for 2007, published today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), provide a detailed picture of the transactions of goods and services in the economy. They highlight the inter-industry flows that lie behind the national accounts main aggregates such as operating surplus, wages and salaries and external trade movements. It can be seen from Table 2 that, of the 52 detailed industries¹ distinguished, the sectors with the largest contributions to Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2007 were construction (€16.2 billion, 9.8% of GVA)² and real estate services (€13.9 billion, 8.3% of GVA)³. The latter sector includes imputed rent of owner-occupied dwellings. These sectors also made the largest contribution to GVA in 2006.

Profits

The sectors that had the highest profits (“net operating surplus”) were the manufacture of chemical products⁴, real estate services and financial intermediation services⁵. The profits of the manufacturers of chemicals were €9.8 billion in 2007. The corresponding amounts for the real estate services sector, which includes imputed rent in respect of owner-occupied dwellings, were €9.1 billion and for financial intermediation services, profits were €5.9 billion. Other sectors that had high net operating surplus include wholesale trade and construction.

Wages & Salaries

Construction contributed by far the most of the industrial sectors in terms of compensation of employees (€11.3billion). The other sectors with a high aggregate compensation of employees were health and social work services⁶, education⁷, public administration⁸ and business services⁹.

Copies of the publication are available from:

The Central Statistics Office, Information Section, Skehard Road, Cork.
The Government Publications Sales Office,Sun Alliance House,Molesworth Street,Dublin 2.
Price: €12

Supply and Use Tables for Ireland, 2007 is available on the the CSO website http://www.cso.ie

Detailed data tables can be obtained from the CSO’s Database Direct facility, under the category Economy/National Accounts:

http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/database/eirestat/eirestat.asp

For further information contact:

Michael Brennan on 01-498 4322. LoCall 1890 313 414 extension 4322. Email nat_acc@cso.ie

Central Statistics Office                                                                        24 January 2011

¹Appendix B: Classification of industry by NACE Rev.1, as defined in European System of Accounts(ESA95)
²Nace 45   ³Nace 70  ⁴Nace 24  ⁵Nace 65 ⁶Nace 85   ⁷Nace 80  ⁸Nace 75   ⁹Nace 74

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