Written answers
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
Department of An Taoiseach
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9:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the present workforce in full-time employment who are over the age of 66. [11167/06]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics available are for the period September to November 2005 and show that there are 1,639,800 persons in full-time employment. The number of persons aged over 66 years in full-time employment is 14,300, which is 0.9% of all those in full-time employment. Details of economic status of persons aged over 66 years are shown in the table.
| Persons aged 15 years and over, and persons aged over 66 years, classified by ILO Economic Status in the period September to November 2005 | ||
| ILO Economic Status | All persons aged 15 years and over | All persons over 66 years |
| '000 | '000 | |
| All persons in labour force | 2,071.9 | 24.5 |
| In employment: | 1,980.6 | 24.3 |
| full-time | 1,639.8 | 14.8 |
| part-time: | 340.8 | 9.6 |
| Unemployed: | 91.3 | * |
| Not in labour force | 1,260.2 | 378.9 |
| Total persons | 3,332.1 | 403.3 |
| * Sample occurrence too small for estimation. Source: quarterly national household survey, Central Statistics Office. |
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