Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Household Expenditure
9:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 194: To ask the Taoiseach the average percentage of income which the bottom 20% of households spend on housing, food, fuel and electricity, medical expenses and child care. [34443/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table.
| Table: Average weekly household expenditure for certain items as a percentage of household disposable income, 1999-2000, classified by household income quintiles.* | ||||||
| Item Description | 1st. Quintile | 2nd. Quintile | 3rd. Quintile | 4th. Quintile | 5th. Quintile | State |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Food | 37.22 | 30.66 | 25.47 | 21.36 | 15.47 | 21.34 |
| Housing | 11.69 | 12.33 | 11.76 | 10.09 | 8.57 | 10.04 |
| Fuel and Light | 11.53 | 6.71 | 4.58 | 3.57 | 2.29 | 3.93 |
| Medical expenses | 2.00 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.07 | 1.66 | 1.97 |
| Childcare | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.74 |
| Total | 62.56 | 52.54 | 44.71 | 37.99 | 28.85 | 38.03 |
| *Source: Household Budget Survey 1999-2000 (Final Results). |
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 195: To ask the Taoiseach the average percentage of income which the bottom 20% of households save or invest. [34444/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not available from any of the Central Statistics Office's household surveys.
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