Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2014
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Taoiseach the number of people deemed to be economically inactive, that is either not working, not being able to work, or otherwise unavailable for work; and if he will provide a breakdown of the different categories such as students, those with disabilities and so on. [36626/14]
View answerThe Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment, unemployment and persons not in the labour force in the State. The table shows a breakdown of persons aged 15 years and over by ILO economic status, showing those in the labour force broken down by employed and unemployed, and a more detailed breakdown of those not in the labour force. The exact information requested by the Deputy on a breakdown of those not in the labour force into categories such as students, those with disabilities and so on, is not available. However, additional sub-categories on the reasons persons are not in the labour force are included in this table. The table is based on information published by the CSO as Table S5 of the QNHS Release (Supplementary Tables) time series, which is available on the CSO website www.cso.ie.
Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO Economic Status ('000)
|
Q2 - 13 |
Q3 - 13 |
Q4 - 13 |
Q1 - 14 |
Q2 - 14 |
|
|
In labour force |
2,170.7 |
2,182.1 |
2,163.1 |
2,146.3 |
2,156.1 |
|
In employment |
1,869.9 |
1,899.3 |
1,909.8 |
1,888.2 |
1,901.6 |
|
Unemployed |
300.7 |
282.9 |
253.2 |
258.1 |
254.5 |
|
Not in labour force |
1,415.6 |
1,410.7 |
1,434.3 |
1,450.2 |
1,437.7 |
|
Potential additional labour force |
60.0 |
56.6 |
49.3 |
46.0 |
51.8 |
|
Seeking work not immediately available |
16.4 |
18.7 |
16.6 |
17.2 |
16.9 |
|
of which: Actively seeking work not available |
7.2 |
[4.7] |
5.4 |
5.8 |
8.5 |
|
Passive job-seekers |
6.9 |
10.7 |
9.5 |
9.6 |
5.8 |
|
Job starting in less than 3 months not available / Job starting in more than 3 months |
* |
[3.3] |
* |
* |
[2.6] |
|
Available not seeking work |
43.5 |
37.9 |
32.6 |
28.7 |
34.9 |
|
of which: Discouraged workers |
23.6 |
20.6 |
19.0 |
18.2 |
18.1 |
|
Others |
19.9 |
17.3 |
13.7 |
10.6 |
16.8 |
|
Others |
1,355.6 |
1,354.1 |
1,385.0 |
1,404.2 |
1,386.0 |
|
Wants job, not available and not seeking work |
87.7 |
94.8 |
96.4 |
84.5 |
84.1 |
|
of which: Not seeking work because is in education or training |
32.4 |
31.4 |
34.6 |
33.7 |
32.5 |
|
Not seeking work because of own illness or disability |
26.2 |
31.2 |
27.9 |
23.6 |
23.4 |
|
Not seeking work because of looking after children, looking after incapacitated adults, or other personal or family reasons |
22.1 |
22.5 |
23.5 |
21.5 |
21.4 |
|
Not seeking work because of other reasons |
7.0 |
9.8 |
10.4 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
|
Does not want job |
1,035.4 |
1,025.8 |
1,052.6 |
1,082.8 |
1,064.4 |
|
Persons aged 75 or over |
232.5 |
233.5 |
236.0 |
236.9 |
237.5 |
|
Total Persons aged 15 years and over |
3,586.3 |
3,592.8 |
3,597.4 |
3,596.5 |
3,593.9 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
* Estimates for numbers of persons or averages where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are not produced as estimates.
Parentheses [ ] indicate where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution;
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
