published by the stationery office dublin ireland to be purchased from central statistics information section skehard road cork government publications sales sun alliance house molesworth street 2 or through any bookseller prn a6 2106 price 10 00 december 2006 of material compiled and presented reproduction is authorised except for commercial purposes provided source acknowledged issn 1649 9239 isbn 0 7557 7163 x page chapter one introduction 5 two ict sector in 9 three use enterprises 17 four households 31 five connecting internet 43 six human resources 51 seven telecommunications 55 eight international comparisons 59 appendix data sources 67 sectors cso enterprise surveys 69 key nace rev 1 classification 71 technical explanations 73 contents this s fourth report on society has been expanded previous years provide more detail complementary administrative summary appreciation