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 a5 2049 price 20 00 february 2006 of material compiled and presented reproduction is authorised except for commercial purposes provided source acknowledged issn 1649 1793 isbn 0 7557 7128 1 table contents page introduction 9 principal features total value 10 comparison 11 scope coverage survey organisation product groupings classification products variables 12 estimation non response confidentiality presentation results lexicon abbreviations 13 list units 14 tables mining quarrying energy producing materials 15 16 ferrous metal ores uranium thorium 17 ornamental building stone limestone gypsum chalk 18 21 operation gravel sand pits 50 other not elsewhere classified 19