# Redundancy statistics Ireland (3 figures)

> The IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, under different breakdowns, so no one range is stated, read 12 October 2026.

Redundancy Calculator Ireland · https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/datasets/ie-redundancy-volume-and-state-payouts/ · computed 2026-10-23

**Published figures:** 3 published figures (2 of 11 sources read publish one).

2 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By quarter and scheme

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| quarter Q2 2026 average weekly earnings, annual growth | 3.9 % | 3.9 to 3.9 % | 1 |
| quarter Q2 2026 average weekly earnings | 1,046.88 EUR | 1,046.88 to 1,046.88 EUR | 1 |
| scheme insolvency scheme application growth | 80 % | 80 to 80 % | 1 |
| scheme redundancy scheme share of 2024 payments | 91 % | 91 to 91 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2026 (Final) Q2 2026 (Preliminary Estimates)](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-elcq/earningsandlabourcostsq12026finalq22026preliminaryestimates/) | 1,046.88 EUR | Q2 2026 average weekly earnings | 2026-10-12 |
| [Comptroller and Auditor General - Management of redundancy and insolvency payment scheme debts (2025)](https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/18-management-of-redundancy-and-insolvency-payment-scheme-debts.pdf) | 91 % | redundancy scheme share of 2024 payments | 2026-10-12 |
| [Comptroller and Auditor General - Management of redundancy and insolvency payment scheme debts (2025)](https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/18-management-of-redundancy-and-insolvency-payment-scheme-debts.pdf) | 80 % | insolvency scheme application growth | 2026-10-12 |
| [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2026 (Final) Q2 2026 (Preliminary Estimates)](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-elcq/earningsandlabourcostsq12026finalq22026preliminaryestimates/) | 3.9 % | Q2 2026 average weekly earnings, annual growth | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2026 (Final) Q2 2026 (Preliminary Estimates)](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-elcq/earningsandlabourcostsq12026finalq22026preliminaryestimates/), read 2026-10-12: "Average weekly earnings were €1,046.88 in Quarter 2 (Q2) 2026, up 3.9% from €1,007.58 in Q2 2025."
- [Comptroller and Auditor General - Management of redundancy and insolvency payment scheme debts (2025)](https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/18-management-of-redundancy-and-insolvency-payment-scheme-debts.pdf), read 2026-10-12: "18.12 Most of the redundancy scheme payments made in 2024 — €21 million, or 91%"
- [Comptroller and Auditor General - Management of redundancy and insolvency payment scheme debts (2025)](https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/18-management-of-redundancy-and-insolvency-payment-scheme-debts.pdf), read 2026-10-12: "increased by 80% in the same period."
- [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2026 (Final) Q2 2026 (Preliminary Estimates)](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-elcq/earningsandlabourcostsq12026finalq22026preliminaryestimates/), read 2026-10-12: "Average weekly earnings up 3.9% in the 12 months to Q2 2026"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/earnings/earningsandlabourcosts/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey Q1 2026, Employment](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lfs/labourforcesurveyquarter12026/employment/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey Q1 2026, Key Findings](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lfs/labourforcesurveyquarter12026/keyfindings/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/labourmarket/labourforcesurvey/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CSO - Consumer Price Index (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/prices/consumerpriceindex/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Department of Social Protection - Redundancy Payment Scheme Statistics](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/publications/redundancy-payment-scheme-statistics/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Department of Social Protection - Social Welfare Statistics](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/organisation-information/social-welfare-statistics/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Department of Social Protection - Annual Statistics Report Tables 2025](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/collections/annual-statistics-report-tables-2025/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Department of Social Protection - Annual SWS Statistical Information Report](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/publications/annual-sws-statistical-information-report/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 9 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 100 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): a quarterly series joining three published figures that are never published against each other: Redundancy Payment Scheme applications and Social Insurance Fund outlay, CSO employment by sector, and CSO average weekly earnings. It yields redundancies per 1,000 employees by sector, the average State-paid lump sum per claim, the recovery rate on the debt raised against employers, and - joined to the entitlement dataset - the share of employees whose pay now exceeds the EUR600 ceiling, which is the cap-bite figure the flagship publishes.

## Sources

- [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2026 (Final) Q2 2026 (Preliminary Estimates)](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-elcq/earningsandlabourcostsq12026finalq22026preliminaryestimates/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CSO - Earnings and Labour Costs (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/earnings/earningsandlabourcosts/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey Q1 2026, Employment](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lfs/labourforcesurveyquarter12026/employment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey Q1 2026, Key Findings](https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lfs/labourforcesurveyquarter12026/keyfindings/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CSO - Labour Force Survey (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/labourmarket/labourforcesurvey/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CSO - Consumer Price Index (statistic landing page)](https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/prices/consumerpriceindex/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Department of Social Protection - Redundancy Payment Scheme Statistics](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/publications/redundancy-payment-scheme-statistics/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Department of Social Protection - Social Welfare Statistics](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/organisation-information/social-welfare-statistics/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Department of Social Protection - Annual Statistics Report Tables 2025](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/collections/annual-statistics-report-tables-2025/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Department of Social Protection - Annual SWS Statistical Information Report](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/publications/annual-sws-statistical-information-report/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Comptroller and Auditor General - Management of redundancy and insolvency payment scheme debts (2025)](https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/18-management-of-redundancy-and-insolvency-payment-scheme-debts.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Oireachtas - Parliamentary Question on Redundancy Payments, 16 October 2025](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-10-16/207/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, under different breakdowns, so no one range is stated, read 12 October 2026.
- 2 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts, quarter Q2 2026 average weekly earnings, annual growth: median 3.90 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts, quarter Q2 2026 average weekly earnings: median 1,046.88 EUR across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts, scheme insolvency scheme application growth: median 80 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- IE Redundancy Volume and State Payouts, scheme redundancy scheme share of 2024 payments: median 91 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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