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Personal Pensions

Two thirds of personal pensions are in current contribution

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In Quarter 3 2019, respondents were asked not only about personal pensions in current contribution, but also personal pensions where payments had been deferred for a period, or were already being drawn down. Almost one third (32.7%) of workers with personal pension coverage had deferred payments for a period, almost two thirds (65.4%) were in current contribution, while just 1.9% were already drawing down a personal pension. See Table 5.1, Figure 5.1 and Figure 5.2.

Table 5.1 Persons in employment aged 20 to 69 years with personal pension coverage, Q3 2019

Table 5.1 Persons in employment aged 20 to 69 years with personal pension coverage, Q3 2019
% persons aged 20 to 69 in employment with personal pension
		Currently paying into personal pension	Have deferred payments for a period of time	Already drawing down personal pension	Total
State		65.4	32.7	1.9	100.0

Sex
Male		65.2	32.9	2.0	100.0
Female		65.9	32.4	1.7	100.0

Age group
20 - 24		*	*	*	*
25 - 34		69.8	30.2	0.0	100.0
35 - 44		66.5	33.5	0.0	100.0
45 - 54		66.5	32.9	0.6	100.0
55 - 69		60.5	32.7	6.7	100.0

Nationality
Irish nationals		65.1	32.8	2.1	100.0
Non-Irish nationals		68.4	31.6	0.0	100.0

ILO employment status
Self employed and/or assisting relative		71.9	25.1	3.0	100.0
Employee		63.0	35.6	1.4	100.0

Hours of work
Full-time job		67.9	31.0	1.1	100.0
Part-time job		49.6	43.5	6.9	100.0

NACE economic sector
A.	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	77.1	17.7	5.2	100.0
B-E.	Industry	65.1	34.2	0.7	100.0
F.	Construction	67.4	32.1	0.5	100.0
G.	Wholesale & retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	64.0	33.9	2.1	100.0
H.	Transportation and storage	58.7	37.1	4.2	100.0
I.	Accommodation & food service activities	71.5	27.5	1.0	100.0
J.	Information & communication	65.6	34.4	0.0	100.0
K-L.	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	64.8	35.2	0.0	100.0
M.	Professional, scientific and technical activities	72.5	24.3	3.2	100.0
N.	Administrative and support service activities	50.9	46.2	2.9	100.0
O.	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	61.7	36.2	2.1	100.0
P.	Education	63.4	35.1	1.4	100.0
Q.	Human health and social work activities	67.0	31.0	2.0	100.0
R-U.	Other NACE activities	58.6	37.6	3.7	100.0

Broad occupational group
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	76.9	22.8	0.3	100.0
2.	Professionals	68.8	29.0	2.1	100.0
3.	Associate professional and technical	66.5	33.5	0.0	100.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	60.9	37.3	1.8	100.0
5.	Skilled trades	64.1	33.0	2.9	100.0
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	55.1	41.1	3.8	100.0
7.	Sales and customer service	54.9	45.1	0.0	100.0
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	54.3	40.5	5.1	100.0
9.	Elementary	55.2	42.1	2.7	100.0
	Other/not stated	*	*	*	100.0
Note: * Sample occurrence too small for estimation.
Note: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.

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	Employee
Currently paying into personal pension	63
Have deferred payments for a period of time	35.6
Already drawing down personal pension	1.4

	Self employed and/or assisting relative
Currently paying into personal pension	71.9
Have deferred payments for a period of time	25.1
Already drawing down personal pension	3

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