Jobs Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 December 2019

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Questions (158)

Robert Troy

Question:

158. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number of new jobs that would be created if the percentage of those aged 15 years of age and over in the labour force returned to participation levels of 67.4% as experienced in 2007. [50964/19]

Written answers

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation

If the labour force participation rate returned to 67.4% we would have 317,900 additional people in the labour force (though not necessarily in employment) as of Q3 2019 (Source: CSO, Labour Force Survey).