Written answers
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Department of An Taoiseach
Unemployment Data
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons who have been unemployed for over one year. [42599/13]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment in the State. The latest QNHS data available is for Q2 2013.
The following table shows the number of persons aged 15 to 24 years classified by gender and duration of unemployment (ILO) in Quarter 2 of each year from 2009 to 2013 for comparison purposes.
Unemployed Persons aged 15 -24 years classified by gender and duration of unemployment (ILO)
- | Apr- | Apr- | Apr- | Apr- | Apr- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Jun 09 | Jun 10 | Jun 11 | Jun 12 | Jun 13 |
| Males | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 40.5 | 26.3 | 23.1 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
| 1 year and over | 12.4 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 24.5 | 15.7 |
| Not stated | * | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 53.4 | 48.5 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 36.9 |
| Females | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 23.9 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 20.2 |
| 1 year and over | 5.2 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 6.6 |
| Not stated | * | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 29.8 | 29.0 | 28.2 | 29.9 | 27.8 |
| All Persons | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 64.3 | 45.5 | 41.7 | 39.2 | 40.5 |
| 1 year and over | 17.6 | 30.6 | 29.1 | 35.2 | 22.3 |
| Not stated | * | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 83.2 | 77.5 | 72.7 | 76.0 | 64.7 |
Data may be subject to future revision.;
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.;
Reference period: q2=Apr-Jun;
* Estimates are too small to be considered reliable;
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
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