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Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources

Survey purpose and legal basis

The Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS) presents statistics on earnings based on administrative data sources. It provides information on the structure of earnings including analysis by employer and employee characteristics, including Economic Sector, Firm Size, Gender, Age Group, Nationality and Region of Residence.

Data for the EAADS is obtained under Section 30 of the Statistics Act 1993.

The EAADS data is also used to meet our 4 yearly requirements for Structure of Earnings Statistics under COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 530/1999.

Who uses the results?

Data from the EAADS informs the public, the research community and policy makers. It supports evidence based decision making and public policy development.

Is your personal data confidential and how long will the data be retained?

All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards: information collected may be used only for statistical purposes and no details that might be related to an identifiable person or business undertaking may be divulged to any other government department or body.

The sources and categories of your personal data, where the data has not been collected directly from you:

The EAADS is based largely on analysis of administrative data provided to the CSO by the Revenue Commissioners (Gross Annual Pay, PRSI class, Pay frequency) and Department of Social Protection (Gender, Nationality, County of Residence, Age).

For further information on this survey, your Data Protection rights and how your data is used please contact:

Eimear Heffernan, Earnings Analysis - Labour Market & Earnings Division, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E.

Tel +353 (21) 453 5234 or E-mail: earnings@cso.ie

Data Protection Information:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission. Contact details: Office of the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland.
  • The right to request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or to object to the processing of your personal data.

However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

Central Statistics Office Data Protection Officer Contact Details: