Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Department of An Taoiseach
Employment Data
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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73. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers on temporary contracts and on temporary employment as a percentage of employment for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13638/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 77 together.
The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.
The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State.
The most recent figures available are for Q1 2016.
Table 1 below shows the number of employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over classified by permanency of job from Q1 2008 to Q1 2016.
Table 2 below shows the number of employees (ILO) aged 15 and over not in permanent employment classified by reasons for being in temporary employment from Q1 2008 to Q1 2016.
Table 3 below shows the number of employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over with temporary job/work contract of limited duration as a percentage of total employees (including not stated) from Q1 2008 to Q1 2016.
Table 1 Employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over classified by permanency of job
'000
Q1 08 | Q1 09 | Q1 10 | Q1 11 | Q1 12 | Q1 13 | Q1 14 | Q1 15 | Q1 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person has a permanent job or work contract of unlimited duration | 1,610.0 | 1,501.2 | 1,415.7 | 1,371.5 | 1,350.1 | 1,364.5 | 1,391.9 | 1,445.1 | 1,486.3 |
| Person has a temporary job/work contract of limited duration | 139.8 | 135.5 | 139.6 | 150.7 | 157.1 | 145.1 | 142.5 | 134.7 | 126.4 |
| Not stated | 22.0 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 15.8 | 17.7 | 21.1 | 18.7 | 23.7 |
| Total | 1,771.9 | 1,648.0 | 1,569.2 | 1,535.9 | 1,523.0 | 1,527.3 | 1,555.5 | 1,598.6 | 1,636.4 |
Table 2 Employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over not in permanent employment classified by reasons for being in temporary employment
'000
Q1 08 | Q1 09 | Q1 10 | Q1 11 | Q1 12 | Q1 13 | Q1 14 | Q1 15 | Q1 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It is a contract covering a period of training | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | [2.9] | 5.2 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.5 |
| Person could not find a permanent job | 23.4 | 28.4 | 37.6 | 42.4 | 50.1 | 77.2 | 75.2 | 71.9 | 64 |
| Person did not want a permanent job | 29.5 | 19.4 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 17.6 |
| It is a contract for a probationary period | * | * | * | * | * | [3.8] | 5.3 | [4.7] | * |
| Not stated | 81.2 | 82.9 | 78.1 | 87.6 | 86.7 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 21.1 | 24.7 |
| Total | 139.8 | 135.5 | 139.6 | 150.7 | 157.1 | 145.1 | 142.5 | 134.7 | 126.4 |
Table 3 Employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over with temporary job/work contract of limited duration as a percentage of total employees (including not stated)
%
Q1 08 | Q1 09 | Q1 10 | Q1 11 | Q1 12 | Q1 13 | Q1 14 | Q1 15 | Q1 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over with temporary job/work contract of limited duration as a percentage of total employees (including not stated) | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
: No data available
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
* Estimates for numbers of persons or averages where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are not produced as estimates are too small to be considered reliable;
Parentheses [ ] indicate where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution;
Reference period: q1 = January - March
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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74. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of low paid and minimum wage workers that are women. [13639/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is currently not available.
The National Employment Survey, which provided statistics on the structure of earnings, was discontinued in 2010 due to resource constraints.
However, the CSO is currently completing a project to provide corresponding statistics for the years 2011 to 2014 by using administrative data sources rather than direct surveying of businesses.
For this project, the CSO is analysing Revenue P35 data for employees, combined with other statistical and administrative data sources, to provide a structural breakdown of earnings by age, gender, occupation, sector and other variables.
All of the analysis is being conducted by the CSO under the Statistics Act, 1993.
The results for the years 2011 to 2014 will be published before the end of July 2016 and the requested tables will be provided as soon as the results are available.
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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75. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of part-time workers that are women. [13640/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State.
The most recent figures available are for Q1 2016.
The number of females in part-time employment in Q1 2016 was 312,900; this represents 68.6% of the total number of persons in part-time employment.
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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76. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of workers earning less than the living wage of €11.50 an hour for each year since 2008, in tabular form [13641/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is currently not available.
The National Employment Survey, which provided statistics on the structure of earnings, was discontinued in 2010 due to resource constraints.
However, the CSO is currently completing a project to provide corresponding statistics for the years 2011 to 2014 by using administrative data sources rather than direct surveying of businesses.
For this project, the CSO is analysing Revenue P35 data for employees, combined with other statistical and administrative data sources, to provide a structural breakdown of earnings by age, gender, occupation, sector and other variables.
All of the analysis is being conducted by the CSO under the Statistics Act, 1993.
The results for the years 2011 to 2014 will be published before the end of July 2016 and the requested tables will be provided as soon as the results are available.
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