Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Ennis, County Clare for each month of 2005 to date. [15179/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Kilrush, County Clare, for each month of 2005 to date. [15180/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Shannon, County Clare, for each month of 2005 to date. [15181/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Ennis, County Clare, for each month of 2004. [15182/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Kilrush, County Clare, for each month of 2004. [15183/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures in Shannon, County Clare, for each month of 2004. [15184/05]

Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 to 120, inclusive, together.

The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available as there is no Department of Social and Family Affairs local branch office in Shannon, County Clare. The live register figures for all the local branch offices in County Clare for 2005 and 2004 are set out in the following table.

The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each local social welfare office. A breakdown by postal district is not available. The most recent information available is for March 2005.

It should be noted that the live register is not a definitive measure of unemployment as it includes part-time workers, seasonal and casual workers entitled to unemployment assistance or benefit. Statistics on unemployment are measured at regional level by the quarterly national household survey; and the exact area covered by each local office is not limited to the immediate locality of the particular office. For instance, in the Tallaght local office there may be registered, persons from the Blessington area.