Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Department of An Taoiseach

Income Statistics

9:00 pm

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people with weekly salaries of less than €300 according to the latest Central Statistics Office data; and the number of people with weekly incomes of less than €300. [41272/08]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Data from the most recent National Employment Survey (NES) shows that an estimated 301,400 employees were paid less than €300 per week in the reference period October 2006. This was equivalent to 18% of all employees. These earnings include the gross earnings paid to the employee before the deduction of tax, PRSI and superannuation. They include normal wages, salaries and overtime; taxable allowances, shift allowances, regular bonuses and commissions; holiday or sick pay for the reference period. They exclude redundancy payments, back pay and irregular bonuses and commissions.

Wages and salaries may be only one element of a person's income, as they may have income from other sources such as State benefits or income from assets. On the other hand, many people do not have any direct source of personal income, e.g. dependent persons in households. In the latest results from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for 2006, an estimated 1.53 million persons aged 18 or over had a weekly income below €300 per week. Of these, 25% were classified as 'at work'.

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