Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide the live register figures for Kildare; the way in which these figures compare with a similar period in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24464/04]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Data of the type requested by the Deputy is not collated by my Department at county level as the catchment areas of local offices are not co-terminal with county boundaries. There are three local offices in County Kildare located in Athy, Maynooth and Newbridge. The number of persons signing on the live register at the three local offices in Kildare on 24 September 2004 was 4,604 as compared with 4,719 signing on 26 September 2003.

These figures show a decrease of 115 or 2.4% persons on the live register when September 2004 is compared with September 2003. Of the persons on the live register at September 2004 some 2,777 or 60% are registered less than six months, while an additional 854 or 18.5% are registered for between six months and one year.