The report uses a range of official and unofficial data, industry sources and author’s estimates to identify aspects of the economic role of the drinks industry in individual Dail constituencies. Data limitations require that the main focus is on employment rather than other aspects such as local purchases. Drinks in this context refer to alcoholic drinks. Soft drinks companies are excluded. Of course, some licensed trade distributors also include soft drinks in their product portfolios. If the distributor is mainly an alcohol product supplier it is included in the exercise. The primary objective is to ensure that reasonable estimates are made of the national drinks related employment and its specific constituency roles.