Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on employment rates. [61737/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey which provides quarterly statistics on employment and unemployment and is the official source of labour market estimates in the State. The primary classification used for the LFS results is the ILO (International Labour Organization) labour force classification.

The most recent figures available from the LFS are for the third quarter (Q3) of 2022.

The Q3 2022 employment rate was 73.2%. The corresponding value in Q2 2022 was 73.5%.

The employment rate (ILO) is the number of employed persons aged 15-64 years expressed as a percentage of the total population aged 15 to 64 years.

Table 1 below shows the employment rate (ILO) for persons aged 15-64 years in Ireland for Q3 2012-2022.

Source: Labour Force Survey, Central Statistics Office.

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

Data may be subject to future revision.

Reference period: q3=July- September.