Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Ireland (Ratification: 1995)

Article 9(2) of the Convention. Statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that statistics on average earnings and hours of work (Article 9(1) of the Convention) are primarily compiled through the Earnings, Hours and Employment Cost Survey (EHECS), which also collects data on labour costs and its components, paid hours and numbers of employees. This enables the calculation of key indicators such as average hourly and weekly earnings, average weekly paid hours and average hourly labour costs. The survey covers enterprises with three or more employees, including those in services and the public sector. The Committee further notes that data on hours worked are supplemented by the EU Labour Force Survey, while earnings information is drawn from EHECS and, since 2018, from the annual Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS). These datasets are transmitted to the ILO Department of Statistics (ILOSTAT), with the most recent figures referring to 2024. With respect to statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work (Article 9(2) of the Convention), the Committee notes once again that no information has been provided in the Government’s report. The Committee therefore requests that the Government provide information on any future developments envisaged with a view to the collection, compilation and publication of statistics giving effect to Article 9(2) of the Convention.

Article 10 of the Convention. Statistics of wage structures and distribution. Recalling that the obligations under Article 10 have not been accepted by the Government, the Committee notes that, since 2013, the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) has been implemented to collect detailed and comprehensive statistical information on mean and median weekly and annual earnings, which can be disaggregated by characteristics such as age, economic sector, gender, nationality and geographic location. The Committee encourages the Government to continue to collect these detailed statistics and invites it to consider formally accepting the obligations arising from this Article, in accordance with Article 16(3) of the Convention.