The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has issued results from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in respect of Q2 2018. This survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from the beginning of Q3 2017.
Commenting on the report, Brian Ring, Senior Statistician, said: “The LFS is the official source of data for employment and unemployment in Ireland. Key findings show that in Q2 2018, employment totalled 2,255,000, up 3.4% or 74,100 from the same quarter in 2017. When adjusted for seasonal factors, employment increased by 0.8% or 17,300 from Q1 2018.
There were 144,300 people unemployed in Q2 2018, and this was down 10.1% or 16,200 from Q2 2017. When seasonally adjusted, the unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.8% over the quarter, while the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 139,300.
Long term unemployment, which refers to those persons unemployed for one year or more, accounted for 33.9% of total unemployment in Q2 2018.
The total number of persons in the labour force is now 2,399,300, up 2.5% or 57,900 from Q2 2017. The number of persons not in the labour force is 1,448,900 which is up 0.3% or 4,900 from a year earlier”.
