Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the jobs lost in County Louth for each year since 2002 by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44807/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and published by the CSO. It does not provide data on particular counties but only on Regions. The numbers unemployed in the Border Region, which includes Louth, have increased by 22% (3,500) in the year to Quarter 3 2008 (June-August) compared to an increase of 50% (53,300) in the State overall in the same period.

The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time, seasonal and casual workers entitled to unemployment benefit. It collects data at county level.

The table below sets out the numbers on the live register by location and the numbers of redundancies in the county in the years 2002 to date.