Written answers
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Department of Health
Census of Population
Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent)
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358. To ask the Minister for Health how many adults between the ages of 15 to 66 years inclusive who declared on the Central Statistics Office Census 2022 they had a disability and/or chronic illness who also stated they were unemployed looking for their first job, short-term (less than 12 months), long-term unemployed (12 months and more) and unable to work due to permanent disability and/or sickness, in tabular form. [3539/24]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Dear Deputy,
Please see figures from the CSO providing a count of adults aged between the ages of 15 to 64, and not the ages of 15 to 66, who declared on the Central Statistics Office Census 2022 they had a disability and/or chronic illness who also stated they were unemployed looking for their first job, short-term (less than 12 months), long-term unemployed (12 months and more) and unable to work due to permanent disability and/or sickness, in tabular form.
Adults between the ages of 15 to 64 inclusive | Total |
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Long-term unemployed (12 months and more) | 29,921 |
Short-term unemployed (less than 12 months) | 15,305 |
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability | 130,907 |
Unemployed looking for first regular job | 7,283 |
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