Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Youth Unemployment Measures
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of progress on pathways to work 2016-2020 to reduce the ratio between youth and overall unemployment from 2.2:1 to less than 2:1 by the end of 2017. [53795/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The average values for overall unemployment, youth unemployment, and the ratio between them for the years 2012 to 2016 are as follows:
- | Unemployment rate (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Total | Aged <25 | Ratio of youth to total |
2012 | 14.7 | 30.4 | 2.07 |
2013 | 13.1 | 26.7 | 2.05 |
2014 | 11.3 | 23.9 | 2.13 |
2015 | 9.4 | 20.9 | 2.21 |
2016 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 2.17 |
Full-year and end of year unemployment figures for 2017 will not be available until early-mid 2018 when the Labour Force Survey for Q4 2017 is published.
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