Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2012
92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form employment and unemployment levels as a percentage of the work force and in nominal terms on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41525/12]
View answer93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of people in long term unemployment as a percentage of the workforce and in nominal terms on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41526/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together.
The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates relating to the labour force. Estimates from the QNHS are available for each quarter since the first quarter of 1998, prior to that annual estimates were available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
The data requested by the Deputy is presented in the tables.
Persons aged 15 years and over "In employment" and "Unemployed" (Labour Force Survey)
|
Year |
Labour Force '000 |
In Employment '000 |
Employment Rate % 1 |
Unemployed '000 |
Unemployment Rate % 2 |
Long-term Unemployment '000 |
Long-term Unemployment Rate % 3 |
|
1992 |
1,371.8 |
1,165.2 |
50.9 |
206.6 |
15.1 |
116.5 |
8.5 |
|
1993 |
1,403.2 |
1,183.1 |
51.1 |
220.1 |
15.7 |
125.4 |
8.9 |
|
1994 |
1,431.6 |
1,220.6 |
52.2 |
211.0 |
14.7 |
128.2 |
9.0 |
|
1995 |
1,459.2 |
1,281.7 |
54.0 |
177.4 |
12.2 |
103.3 |
7.1 |
|
1996 |
1,507.5 |
1,328.5 |
55.1 |
179.0 |
11.9 |
103.3 |
6.9 |
|
1997 |
1,539.0 |
1,379.9 |
56.1 |
159.0 |
10.3 |
86.3 |
5.6 |
Persons aged 15 years and over "In employment" and "Unemployed" (QNHS Quarter 2)
|
Year |
Labour Force '000 |
In Employment '000 |
Employment Rate % 1 |
Unemployed '000 |
Unemployment Rate % 2 |
Long-term Unemployment '000 |
Long-term Unemployment Rate % 3 |
|
1998 |
1,633.3 |
1,505.5 |
60.0 |
127.8 |
7.8 |
* |
* |
|
1999 |
1,706.9 |
1,605.9 |
63.1 |
101.0 |
5.9 |
40.2 |
2.4 |
|
2000 |
1,763.7 |
1,684.1 |
65.0 |
79.6 |
4.5 |
27.1 |
1.5 |
|
2001 |
1,807.4 |
1,738.0 |
65.7 |
69.4 |
3.8 |
20.3 |
1.1 |
|
2002 |
1,850.8 |
1,768.5 |
65.2 |
82.3 |
4.4 |
20.8 |
1.1 |
|
2003 |
1,886.7 |
1,800.0 |
65.2 |
86.7 |
4.6 |
26.2 |
1.4 |
|
2004 |
1,940.0 |
1,852.2 |
65.9 |
87.8 |
4.5 |
26.7 |
1.4 |
|
2005 |
2,040.4 |
1,944.6 |
67.5 |
95.8 |
4.7 |
29.2 |
1.4 |
|
2006 |
2,132.8 |
2,034.9 |
68.5 |
97.9 |
4.6 |
29.2 |
1.4 |
|
2007 |
2,217.0 |
2,113.9 |
69.2 |
103.1 |
4.7 |
28.8 |
1.3 |
|
2008 |
2,239.6 |
2,112.8 |
68.1 |
126.7 |
5.7 |
33.2 |
1.5 |
|
2009 |
2,203.1 |
1,938.5 |
62.5 |
264.6 |
12.0 |
57.3 |
2.6 |
|
2010 |
2,152.7 |
1,859.1 |
60.4 |
293.6 |
13.6 |
127.0 |
5.9 |
|
2011 |
2,125.9 |
1,821.3 |
59.6 |
304.5 |
14.3 |
164.2 |
7.7 |
|
2012 |
2,096.4 |
1,787.9 |
59.1 |
308.5 |
14.7 |
184.8 |
8.8 |
* Data not available
1The employment rate is the number of employed aged 15 to 64 expressed as a percentage of the total population aged 15 to 64.
2The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed expressed as a percentage of the total labour force.
3The long-term unemployment rate is the number of persons unemployed for one year or more expressed as a percentage of the total labour force.
