Written answers
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Department of An Taoiseach
Live Register
8:00 pm
Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment figures at the Tallaght centre; and if he will provide figures for the same month over the past five years. [20075/08]
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseekers Benefit, Jobseekers Allowance 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 is for April 2008. The Live Register figures for the Tallaght local/Branch Office in Co. Dublin for each month from 2003 to date are set out in the tables below.
Estimates of employment and unemployment rates are compiled, at a regional level, from the Quarterly National Household Survey. There are eight regions in the State: Border, Midland, West, Dublin, Mid-East, Mid-West, South-East and South-West. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest results are for the period September to November 2007 and showed an unemployment figure of 30,100 persons in the Dublin region.
| Live Register totals for County Dublin and Tallaght Local Office, 2003 to date | |||||||||||||
| Live Register County Dublin total | |||||||||||||
| Persons | |||||||||||||
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Average |
| 2003 | 43,270 | 43,852 | 43,178 | 44,372 | 43,283 | 46,335 | 48,526 | 48,729 | 45,417 | 43,207 | 42,331 | 43,562 | 44,672 |
| 2004 | 45,104 | 44,597 | 43,677 | 43,096 | 42,370 | 44,043 | 45,618 | 44,953 | 41,585 | 39,281 | 37,880 | 39,361 | 42,630 |
| 2005 | 39,873 | 39,708 | 39,802 | 38,898 | 38,910 | 41,202 | 43,620 | 43,911 | 40,435 | 39,287 | 38,959 | 39,933 | 40,378 |
| 2006 | 41,103 | 41,054 | 40,228 | 40,280 | 39,628 | 42,061 | 43,682 | 43,684 | 39,235 | 37,834 | 37,343 | 38,505 | 40,386 |
| 2007 | 39,299 | 39,670 | 38,921 | 38,933 | 39,077 | 41,945 | 43,618 | 43,568 | 40,522 | 39,102 | 39,276 | 40,832 | 40,397 |
| 2008 | 42,932 | 44,617 | 46,505 | 46,347 |
| Live Register Tallaght Local Office total | |||||||||||||
| Persons | |||||||||||||
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Average |
| 2003 | 3,347 | 3,395 | 3,332 | 3,386 | 3,275 | 3,599 | 3,804 | 3,815 | 3,534 | 3,296 | 3,244 | 2,445 | 3,373 |
| 2004 | 3,631 | 3,502 | 3,476 | 3,513 | 3,438 | 3,609 | 3,702 | 3,608 | 3,380 | 3,077 | 3,021 | 3,126 | 3,424 |
| 2005 | 3,214 | 3,184 | 3,273 | 3,279 | 3,321 | 3,456 | 3,649 | 3,558 | 3,291 | 3,146 | 3,176 | 3,302 | 3,321 |
| 2006 | 3,503 | 3,458 | 3,484 | 3,436 | 3,374 | 3,618 | 3,733 | 3,782 | 3,423 | 3,334 | 3,314 | 3,495 | 3,496 |
| 2007 | 3,536 | 3,598 | 3,525 | 3,556 | 3,577 | 3,798 | 3,990 | 4,010 | 3,736 | 3,648 | 3,720 | 3,903 | 3,716 |
| 2008 | 4,123 | 4,291 | 4,456 | 4,450 | |||||||||
| Source: Live Register Series, Quarterly National Household Survey. |
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.
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