Unemployment Levels

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2019

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Questions (92)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

92. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed in 2011. [10212/19]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment (ILO) in the State. This survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017. The most recent LFS figures available are for Q4 2018.

The annual average number of persons aged 15-74 years classified as unemployed (ILO) in 2011 was 342,500.