Income Data

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Questions (117)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the average weekly income in the south of Ireland in comparison with Northern Ireland and Britain for the most recent five years for which information is available. [34727/13]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Statistics on income are compiled from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The latest results are for 2011. Comparable results are available using Eurostat definitions of income and equivalence scale (which differ from the definitions used nationally) across the EU including the United Kingdom. Results are not available separately for Northern Ireland. The results for the most recent five years for which the information is available are shown as follows:

Average weekly individual* income by country and year, SILC 2007-2011

Year		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Average weekly individual income	Republic of Ireland	€498.05	€513.78	€491.28	€454.81	€438.60
	UK	€475.72	€437.04	€371.62	€393.20	€398.39

*Individual income=equivalised income