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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 April 2026

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Questions (214)

Aidan Farrelly

Question:

214. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if the CSO can provide updated and or existing statistics, broken down by age in the 15-24 profile. [30646/26]

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The EAADS is the official source of structural earnings statistics and is based primarily on the Revenue Commissioner’s employee tax data which provides details of gross annual earnings and number of weeks worked in the year for all employments in the NACE Rev 2 Industrial Sectors B–S. The most recent estimates available are for the year 2024. For further information please see the Background Notes available on the CSO website.

Table 1 below shows the Mean Weekly Earnings and Median Weekly Earnings for those aged 15 – 24 individually

Age Mean (€) Median (€)

15

160.26

123.24

16

160.96

132.36

17

179.27

147.74

18

242.12

203.64

19

306.73

276.87

20

354.27

327.31

21

396.88

376.91

22

460.07

449.21

23

545.84

534.1

24

614.71

586.5

15 - 24

412.56

374.47

Source: CSO, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS) 2024

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