Written answers

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Schemes

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons here who are not in education, training or employment and who do not qualify for a social welfare payment; if these figures are available broken down by local authority area; if so, if she will provide same in tabular form; if she will list the data sources her Department uses when determining an accurate figure for persons who fall into this category, including information categories from the Central Statistics Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35028/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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My Department does not collate information relating to the numbers of persons who are not in education, training or employment and who do not qualify for a social welfare payment.

The Central Statistics Office, as part of their Quarterly National Household Survey, reports on persons in Ireland by their Principal Economic Status. This status includes persons at work and unemployed and those persons not in the labour force, such as students, persons at home and persons not able to work. This information can be obtained at www.cso.ie.

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