Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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44. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 16 to 25 who are not currently engaged in employment, education or training; the percentage of the population between 16 and 25 this represents; if he will provide in tabular form the primary status education, unemployed, training, employed, none of the above of those under 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16704/14]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment and unemployment in the State and the data also provides information on persons Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET). The Q4 2013 estimates are the most recent QNHS figures available.

Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 16-25 who are classified as being Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET) together with the proportion of persons aged 16-25 this represents.

Table 1 - Persons aged 16 - 25 Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET) Quarter 4 2013.

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Reference period: q4=Oct-Dec.

Note: The indicator on people Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET) corresponds to the population of the age group who is not employed and not involved in further education or training, i.e. persons who meet the following two conditions: (a) they are not employed (i.e. unemployed or inactive according to the International Labour Organisation definition) and (b) they have not received any education or training in the four weeks preceding the survey.

When calculating the proportion of all persons in the age group classified as NEET, it should be noted that respondents who have not answered the question 'participation in regular (formal) education and training' are excluded from the calculation .

Table 2 shows persons aged 16-25 classified by ILO economic status. The exact information requested by the deputy is not available; the three broad ILO economic categories classify people as being employed, unemployed and not in the labour force but persons classified in any of these categories can also be engaged in education or training. As a result, the categories requested by the Deputy are not mutually exclusive. However, additional sub-categories for those persons not in the labour force are also included in this table for information.

Table 2 - Persons aged 16 - 25 classified by detailed Economic Status Quarter 4 2013.

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Reference period: q4=Oct-Dec.

Note: The Potential Additional Labour Force (PALF) is the sum of the two groups 'persons seeking work but not immediately available' and 'persons available for work but not seeking'.