Employment Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 September 2021

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Questions (184)

Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

184. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the percentage of households that have one or more self-employed member of the household. [46365/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Jack Chambers)

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 Organisation) labour force classification.

The most recent LFS figures available are for Quarter 2 (Q2) 2021.

In Q2 2021, 9.1% of households had one or more persons who were classified as self-employed in their main job. The share of households in which there was at least one person who was self-employed in their second job was just 1%.