Fascinating statistics in @CSOIreland Census 2022 results-but one particular area stands out to me & that is the results on #Care

Today's result reinforce the need to implement a #EuropeanCareStrategy which will support those providing unpaid care, particularly women.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515307099422723

Between 2016 and 2022, there were increases in both the number of people providing regular unpaid care and the number of hours of care provided each week.

The number of unpaid carers increased by 53% to over 299,000.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515310517895168

Growth was also recorded in the number of hours of unpaid care provided each week, with the largest increase among persons providing care for 43 hours or more per week, up 111%.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515313512620033

In 2022 the number of women providing unpaid care versus men each week was 181,592 versus 117,536 - therefore a #EuropeanCareStrategy must take account of the larger proportion of women providing unpaid care in our society.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515316222152705

There were increases in the proportion of the population providing unpaid care across most age groups.

People aged between 50 and 59 were the group most likely to be providing regular unpaid care.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515318948339714

The proportion of the population providing regular unpaid care varied from county to county.

In Mayo, 7% of the population identified as unpaid carers, the highest in Ireland.

Dublin City had the lowest proportion of the population providing unpaid care at 5%.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515322043736067