Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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78. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons aged 15 to 29 years of age classified as NEETs; the percentage of NEETs as a proportion of the unemployed here; and the corresponding EU average rate. [49987/17]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment (International Labour Organisation - ILO) in the State. The latest annual (average) unemployment data available for Ireland is for 2016.

The table provided shows, for Ireland, the number of persons between 15-29 years of age classified as, not in employment, education, or training (NEET) and the total number of those classified as NEET being unemployed (ILO) for the years 2015 and 2016. The table also includes for Ireland the percentage share of all unemployed persons aged between 15 and 29 years represented by those classified as NEET above.

The most recently available annual unemployment data for the EU28 is for 2016.

Unemployed (ILO) persons aged 15 - 29 years classified NEET, 2015 and 2016

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

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

¹Includes persons who are unemployed and active.