Written answers
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Department of An Taoiseach
Equality Issues
Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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125. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of the labour force that is currently made up of people with disabilities. [22248/23]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.
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 classification of employment status in LFS results is determined according to ILO (International Labour Organisation) concepts and definitions.
A question on disability status (whether a person has a long-standing health problem that limits the activities that they perform) is currently asked of LFS respondents every two years in line with Eurostat guidance. The most recent figures available for persons with a disability in the labour force (using the criteria above) are for 2022.
The figures in Table 1 are based on the criteria described above and ILO employment definitions for persons of working age (15-64 years old).
In 2022, 162,200 persons were in employment and were recorded as having some or severe limitation on activities performed due to long-term health issues. This accounts for 6.6% of all persons in employment.
Persons aged 15-64 years by ILO status and disability status, 2022
| Employed | '000 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severely limited | 20.2 | 0.8 | |
| Limited but not severely | 142.0 | 5.8 | |
| Not limited at all | 2136.5 | 87.5 | |
| Not stated | 142.9 | 5.9 | |
| All | 2441.6 | 100.0 | |
| Unemployed | Severely limited | * | 1.4 |
| Limited but not severely | 14.3 | 12.2 | |
| Not limited at all | 95.9 | 81.9 | |
| Not stated | * | 4.5 | |
| All | 117.1 | 100.0 | |
| Inactive | Severely limited | 79.0 | 10.1 |
| Limited but not severely | 121.8 | 15.6 | |
| Not limited at all | 525.5 | 67.2 | |
| Not stated | 56.1 | 7.2 | |
| All | 782.4 | 100.0 | |
| Total persons | Severely limited | 100.7 | 3.0 |
| Limited but not severely | 278.2 | 8.3 | |
| Not limited at all | 2757.9 | 82.5 | |
| Not stated | 204.3 | 6.1 | |
| All | 3341.1 | 100.0 |
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland
| Data may be subject to future revision. | |||||||
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| Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change. | |||||||
| Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information. | |||||||
| Estimates for number of persons, where there are less than 30 persons in a cell, are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables. | |||||||
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