Mini-presentation on turnover/output

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Services

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Definition of the service Types of service

Activities to meet cultural, entertainment, and recreation

interests of the general public:o Creative arts and entertainmento Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activitieso Gambling and betting activitieso Sports, amusements and recreation activities

Service providerso Private sectoro Public sectoro Community/voluntary sector

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Output measurement Turnover

o Statistical surveys and administrative data

Othero National lottery

Sales of tickets less prizes

o Non-profit sports clubs Sum of costs including volunteer labour

Or Membership fees

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Surveys collecting economic information

EU Legal requiremento Arts, Entertainment, Recreation sectors are not

covered under EU Short-term or Structural Business Statistics Regulations

National requirementsBusiness Demographyo Information by region on:

Number of enterprises, births & deaths, survival rates, employment

o Source : Business Register

All active enterprises registered for tax purposes

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Surveys collecting economic information Annual Services Inquiryo Primary source for Structural Business Statisticso Covers Traded non-financial service sectors.o For national purposes the following sectors are covered

Gambling & betting Sports, amusement & recreation activities

o Collects P&L and Balance Sheet informationo Mixture of survey and administrative data(small enterprises)

Monthly Services Turnover Inquiryo Experimental Monthly turnover index for Services. o Future plans - 1) Production index 2) indicator of household

consumption of serviceso Includes these sectors but results not published

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Market conditions & constraints

Contribution to Irish GDP : 1.3%

Number of enterprises and employment by sector, Ireland, 2010

Source: Business Demography, 2010

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Number of enterprises Employment

R Arts, entertainment and recreation 5,147 31,654R90 - Creative, arts and entertainment activities 1,670 3,796R91 - Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 176 2,264R92 - Gambling and betting activities 460 7,342R93 - Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 2,841 18,252

Market conditions & constraintsDistribution of enterprises by employment size

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Market conditions & constraintsStructural Business Statistics, 2010

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UnitR92 - Gambling and

betting activities

R93 - Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities

Enterprises No. 427 2,408

Turnover €'000 1,143,000 1,090,578

Personnel costs €'000 225,786 397,184

Distribution of turnover in the Sports, amusement and recreation activities sector

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Source:Annual Services Inquiry, 2010

Measurement issues

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• Activities in this sector operated by local authorities are classified elsewhere under Public administration (e.g. Libraries)

• Some activities may be tax exempt or below a threshold for administrative systems

• Seasonality and high levels of part-time and casual employment

• Ancillary activity may account for large share of turnover

Market conditions & constraintsComparison of Business Demography and Labour Force Survey,

Q2, 2010

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Standard classification structure and product detailsIndustry classification

• Nace Rev.2

Product classification

• CPA 2008

Product detail

• Not collected o No EU Regulationo Response burden

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National Accounts perspective

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Sources of information

• Expenditure data from Household Budget Survey

• Income data from tax authorities

• Output data– Structural Business Statistics

– Other industry sources

• Consumer Price Indices

Institutional sector accounts

• Prevalence of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH) in this sector

Summary

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The Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Services

in Ireland• Small contributor to overall GDP

• Variety of enterprise types

• Coverage of the sector not complete

• Some of the main activities classified elsewhere

• Significant portion of the turnover may generated from ancillary activities

• Fragmented sector for compiling National Accounts