Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

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

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in August 2012, which includes information in reply to the previous comments. The Government indicates that every effort is being made to adhere to the maximum possible extent to ILO classifications and standards in the preparation of labour statistics. It adds that, in many cases, EU regulations govern the specific standards and methodologies applied. The Committee notes the information provided in the report and the statistics available in relation to Articles 9(1), 11, 12, 14(1) and 15 of the Convention. Furthermore, with respect to Article 13, the Committee notes that the results of the Household Budget Survey 2009–10 and the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) are available online. The Committee invites the Government to include in its next report, information on any changes in international standards that have been taken into account in the preparation of the different labour statistics topics that are compiled. It also encourages the Government to communicate directly with the ILO in this regard.

Article 8. The Government indicates that the most recent census of the population was undertaken in April 2011 and results are available on the website of the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report the methodological information on the 2011 population census, as soon as it becomes available.

Article 9(2). Statistics on time rates of wages and normal hours of work. The Committee invites the Government to keep it informed of any future developments envisaged with a view to the collection, compilation and publication of such statistics.

Article 14(2). Statistics on occupational diseases. With respect to occupational diseases, the Government indicates that no formal registration system exists which is required to allow reporting according to the detailed classification of disease. While some aggregate-level information is collected through the Quarterly National Household Survey, it does not meet the detailed requirement. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on any plans it may have to produce statistics on occupational diseases, to be communicated to the ILO with the relevant description of the eventual source(s), concept, definitions and methodology used for their compilation.

Article 16. Acceptance of obligations. The Committee notes the current review of possible administrative sources for statistics on the structure of earnings. The Committee invites the Government to report on the review process. It also wishes to draw the Government’s attention, once again, to the possibility of accepting the obligations under Article 10 (statistics on wage structure and distribution covering employees in important branches of economic activity), in accordance with Article 16(3).