Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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80. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of jobless households on a percentage basis; and the corresponding EU average rate. [11031/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

Data on the proportion of persons aged 18-59 years in jobless households are estimated in the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). The latest QNHS data available for Ireland is the 2016 annual average.

The latest corresponding EU 28 data available are for the year 2015.

The following table shows the proportion of persons aged 18-59 years in jobless households in 2015 and 2016 (averages) for Ireland and the corresponding EU 28 data for 2015.

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 years in jobless households, 2015 and 2016

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

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.