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Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Unemployment Levels

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Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 6 November 2008, the number of people on the live register by nationality with a further breakdown of the nationality figure by occupation and by duration on the register. [41717/08]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The number of persons on the Live Register at 31 October 2008 was 251,951. The CSO publishes a breakdown by nationality grouping in the monthly live register release. The department collates nationality data on this basis also. The numbers on the live register from the main nationality groupings at 31 October 2008 were as follows:

Number
Ireland207,351
UK11,584
12 New EU Member States22,285
Other 13 EU Member States2,654
Non EU8,077
Total251,951

A breakdown of the live register by nationality grouping with a further breakdown of the nationality figure by occupation and by duration is presented in tabular format as follows. Tables 1-5 show the details for the individual groupings and table 6 gives the details for the total live register. Duration is broken down between those "Under 1 year "and those "One year or more" on the live register.

Table 1: Irish nationals on live register by occupation and duration at 31/10/08
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries2,1531,3433,496
Beauty2,0143842,398
Business and Financial2,1732732,446
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries51,41215,70567,117
Domestic and Catering10,9054,03514,940
Education6,6618317,492
General Operatives17,3458,70926,054
Health and Related Industries5,8201,3867,206
Information Technology1,1434891,632
Legal Profession50365568
Management7,2811,3118,592
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial18,2244,06222,286
Printing, Press, Communications1,0793231,402
Retail, Sales17,1744,40421,578
Security, Military2,4121,2173,629
Textiles177167344
Travel, Tourism7073161,023
Unknown5,8553,9579,812
Vehicle Trade4,1061,2305,336
157,14450,207207,351
Table 2: United Kingdom nationals (31/10/08)
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries12170191
Beauty671784
Business and Financial801494
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries29279543,881
Domestic and Catering7772331,010
Education29646342
General Operatives7453381,083
Health and Related Industries36397460
Information Technology8843131
Legal Profession22022
Management554112666
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial9652311,196
Printing, Press, Communications7327100
Retail, Sales9802391,219
Security, Military14158199
Textiles91221
Travel, Tourism422466
Unknown311158469
Vehicle Trade27377350
8,8342,75011,584
Table 3: Nationals of the 12 new EU Member States (31/10/08)
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries36716383
Beauty973100
Business and Financial76581
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries8,4153618,776
Domestic and Catering2,8401482,988
Education1716177
General Operatives4,0671814,248
Health and Related Industries2557262
Information Technology69877
Legal Profession224
Management33412346
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial88032912
Printing, Press, Communications60363
Retail, Sales1,8201061,926
Security, Military32014334
Textiles31132
Travel, Tourism81485
Unknown59384677
Vehicle Trade77242814
21,2501,03522,285
Table 4: Nationals of the 13 other EU Member States (31/10/08)
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries25631
Beauty729
Business and Financial92395
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries35946405
Domestic and Catering33851389
Education14214156
General Operatives22237259
Health and Related Industries821496
Information Technology70979
Legal Profession101
Management25232284
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial30138339
Printing, Press, Communications13215
Retail, Sales27530305
Security, Military36541
Textiles101
Travel, Tourism34236
Unknown75883
Vehicle Trade28230
2,3533012,654
Table 5: Non-EU nationals (31/10/08)
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries442266
Beauty372562
Business and Financial9627123
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries9763081,284
Domestic and Catering701189890
Education14936185
General Operatives9113521,263
Health and Related Industries382121503
Information Technology9341134
Legal Profession13720
Management21667283
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial521168689
Printing, Press, Communications32739
Retail, Sales680233913
Security, Military29571366
Textiles336
Travel, Tourism281139
Unknown6693421,011
Vehicle Trade13467201
5,9802,0978,077
Table 6: Total Live Register by Occupation Category and Duration
CategoryUnder 1 Year1 year or moreTotal
Category
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries2,7101,4574,167
Beauty2,2224312,653
Business and Financial2,5173222,839
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries6408917,37481,463
Domestic and Catering15,5614,65620,217
Education7,4199338,352
General Operatives23,2909,61732,907
Health and Related Industries6,9021,6258,527
Information Technology1,4635902,053
Legal Profession54174615
Management8,6371,53410,171
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial20,8914,53125,422
Printing, Press, Communications12573621,619
Retail, Sales20,9295,01225,941
Security, Military3,2041,3654,569
Textiles221183404
Travel, Tourism8923571,249
Unknown7,5034,54912,052
Vehicle Trade5,3131,4186,731
Grand Total195,56156,390251,951

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