John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for Clondalkin for each of the years 2002 to date in 2006. [25943/06]

Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the Quarterly National Household Survey. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the Quarterly National Household Survey.

The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Unemployment Assistance, Unemployment Benefit and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each Local Social Welfare Office. The most recent information available is for May 2006 and this indicates that there are 3,554 persons on the register in the Clondalkin office. It should be noted that:

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

The monthly Live Register figures for the Clondalkin office from 2002 are set out in the following table: