Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the economic sectors in which there are the greatest numbers of graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5061/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The most recent data for graduate employment in Ireland was published in 2010 and relates to 2008 graduates. The full report "What do graduates do?" is available at www.hea.ie. The data shows that the most common initial employment sector for holders of all awards in Ireland was Non-market services, which includes education and health sectors, with 45.3% of level 8 honours degree graduates; 89% level 9 postgraduate diploma graduates (more than half of which employed in secondary education); 76% of PhD graduates (almost half of which were employed in third level education sector) and 37.8% of taught masters Graduates employed in this sector. A significant proportion of both honours degree and taught masters graduates also found employment in Business Finance and Insurance Services (22.3% and 23.2%, respectively). This pattern is repeated in the sectoral distribution of graduates overseas with Non-Market sector as the most popular employment sector for the majority of graduates.