Income Statistics.

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

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Róisín Shortall

Question:

120 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details from the survey on income and living conditions in Ireland 2007 on the values at each quintile of the net equivalised income of persons 65 years or over and, if available, 70 years or over; and if he will provide details of the income value at the 95th percentile for persons over 65 years and over 70 years, respectively. [45432/08]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Pat Carey)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.

Weekly income quintiles, Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2007

	Quintile 1	Quintile 2	Quintile 3	Quintile 4	Quintile 5
Persons aged 65 and over	Up to €231.88	Up to €259.00	Up to €319.03	Up to €462.33	Over €462.33
Persons aged 70 and over	Up to €233.36	Up to €257.04	Up to €304.33	Up to €446.98	Over €446.98
All Persons	Up to €240.69	Up to €321.19	Up to €440.32	Up to €606.31	Over €606.31

Average equivalised weekly net disposable income at the 95th percentile, Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2007

	95th Percentile
	€
Persons Aged 65 and over	700.74
Persons aged 70 and over	650.05
All Persons	919.67