Written answers
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Employment Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons as a percentage classified as underemployed out of the number employed in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50040/18]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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CSO data on underemployment is only available from 2008 onwards. The number underemployed as a percentage of employed was 4.7% in Q3 2008. It peaked during the recession at 8.0% in Q3 2012 and has since fallen to 4.9% in Q3 2018.
Table
Persons aged 15 years and over in Employment (Thousand), both sexes, Quarter 3
| 2008Q3 | 2009Q3 | 2010Q3 | 2011Q3 | 2012Q3 | 2013Q3 | 2014Q3 | 2015Q3 | 2016Q3 | 2017Q3 | 2018Q3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In employment | 2209.8 | 2006.8 | 1930.6 | 1885.2 | 1887 | 1961.8 | 2008.9 | 2079.9 | 2158 | 2206.5 | 2273.2 |
| In employment part-time - underemployed | 104.7 | 118.5 | 113.9 | 143.4 | 150.4 | 144.3 | 130.9 | 113.7 | 107.5 | 115.8 | 111.5 |
| Underemployed as percentage of employed | 4.7% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
Link to data on CSO website:www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=QLF01&PLanguage=0.
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