Date Last Updated: 11-09-2023
Gender Balance in Business Survey
To provide benchmark statistics on gender representation in Senior Executive teams and Boards of Directors. The survey is supported by the Balance for Better Business (B4BB) initiative launched by the Government in the summer of 2018.
Statistics (Gender Balance in Business) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 187/2023)
Not applicable
Biennial
The survey population is made up of all large enterprises with 250 or more persons engaged in NACE Rev. 2 sectors 05-96 in the Republic of Ireland (excluding NACE 84-88).
Central Register of all businesses in Ireland
State only
2019, 2021, 2023
Not Applicable
NACE Rev. 2 sectors 05-83 and 90-96.
Census of all large enterprises in the sectors covered, i.e. those with 250 or more persons engaged.
Gender, title of senior role, number of years in position
Government, Balance for Better Business Group, Economic analysts, Professional bodies, General public
Central Statistics Office
Business Statistics
Colin Hanley
Statistician
Deirdre O'Connor