Written answers
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Departmental Statistics
10:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people on the live register by nationality with a further breakdown of the nationality figure by occupation, by gender and by duration on the register. [45483/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The number of persons on the Live Register at 28 November 2008 was 268,586. The CSO publishes a breakdown by nationality grouping in the monthly live register release. The department collates nationality data on this basis also.
The main nationality groupings on the live register are as follows: Ireland, United Kingdom (UK) including Northern Ireland, England Scotland and Wales; the 12 Eastern European states that joined the EU on or after April 2004 (AC 12); the 13 original EU states excluding Ireland and UK (EU13); other nationalities (Non-EU) of which there are over 130 represented on the live register.
The numbers on the live register from the main nationality groupings at 28 November 2008 were as follows:
Number | |
Ireland | 218,710 |
UK | 12,372 |
AC 12 | 26,089 |
EU 13 | 2,902 |
Non EU | 8,513 |
Total | 268,586 |
A breakdown of the live register by nationality grouping with a further breakdown of the nationality figure by occupation, by gender and by duration is presented in tabular format as follows. Tables 1-5 show the details for the individual groupings. 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 28/11/08 | |||
Category | SEX | Over 1 Year | Under 1 year |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | M | 1,466 | 1,942 |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | F | 108 | 204 |
Beauty | M | 41 | 92 |
Beauty | F | 511 | 1,908 |
Business and Financial | M | 182 | 1,139 |
Business and Financial | F | 155 | 1,135 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | M | 17,324 | 53,784 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | F | 345 | 1,329 |
Domestic and Catering | M | 2,083 | 4,072 |
Domestic and Catering | F | 3,234 | 6,501 |
Education | M | 454 | 1,585 |
Education | F | 689 | 3,295 |
General Operatives | M | 7,341 | 13,588 |
General Operatives | F | 2,419 | 4,480 |
Health and Related Industries | M | 231 | 672 |
Health and Related Industries | F | 1,635 | 4,621 |
Information Technology | M | 408 | 937 |
Information Technology | F | 121 | 279 |
Legal Profession | M | 31 | 143 |
Legal Profession | F | 49 | 364 |
Management | M | 1,024 | 4,144 |
Management | F | 596 | 3,498 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | M | 1,688 | 4,595 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | F | 3,707 | 13,394 |
Printing, Press, Communications | M | 317 | 766 |
Printing, Press, Communications | F | 104 | 266 |
Retail, Sales | M | 2,086 | 6,378 |
Retail, Sales | F | 3,671 | 10,421 |
Security, Military | M | 1,329 | 2,152 |
Security, Military | F | 66 | 203 |
Textiles | M | 74 | 73 |
Textiles | F | 116 | 79 |
Travel, Tourism | M | 163 | 329 |
Travel, Tourism | F | 211 | 412 |
Unknown | M | 2,935 | 3,950 |
Unknown | F | 1,193 | 1,978 |
Vehicle Trade | M | 1,501 | 4,249 |
Vehicle Trade | F | 41 | 104 |
Total | 59,649 | 159,061 |
Table 2: United Kingdom nationals on live register at 28/11/08 | |||
Category | SEX | Over 1 Year | Under 1 Year |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | M | 64 | 96 |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | F | 12 | 29 |
Beauty | M | 5 | 5 |
Beauty | F | 22 | 59 |
Business and Financial | M | 7 | 52 |
Business and Financial | F | 8 | 44 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | M | 1,019 | 3,045 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | F | 37 | 82 |
Domestic and Catering | M | 137 | 378 |
Domestic and Catering | F | 188 | 390 |
Education | M | 35 | 94 |
Education | F | 42 | 140 |
General Operatives | M | 275 | 627 |
General Operatives | F | 107 | 161 |
Health and Related Industries | M | 21 | 53 |
Health and Related Industries | F | 99 | 289 |
Information Technology | M | 43 | 74 |
Information Technology | F | 4 | 18 |
Legal Profession | M | 0 | 6 |
Legal Profession | F | 0 | 22 |
Management | M | 78 | 368 |
Management | F | 37 | 234 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | M | 90 | 237 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | F | 196 | 762 |
Printing, Press, Communications | M | 26 | 54 |
Printing, Press, Communications | F | 7 | 23 |
Retail, Sales | M | 140 | 436 |
Retail, Sales | F | 178 | 537 |
Security, Military | M | 65 | 125 |
Security, Military | F | 4 | 15 |
Textiles | M | 8 | 6 |
Textiles | F | 6 | 2 |
Travel, Tourism | M | 16 | 27 |
Travel, Tourism | F | 12 | 22 |
Unknown | M | 106 | 221 |
Unknown | F | 58 | 107 |
Vehicle Trade | M | 88 | 278 |
Vehicle Trade | F | 5 | 9 |
Total | 3245 | 9127 | |
*United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. |
Table 3: AC 12 nationals on live register at 28/11/08 | |||
Category | SEX | Over 1 year | Under 1 year |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | M | 15 | 292 |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | F | 8 | 107 |
Beauty | M | 1 | 14 |
Beauty | F | 2 | 95 |
Business and Financial | M | 3 | 28 |
Business and Financial | F | 3 | 56 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | M | 426 | 9,393 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | F | 10 | 247 |
Domestic and Catering | M | 79 | 1,185 |
Domestic and Catering | F | 121 | 2,274 |
Education | M | 4 | 84 |
Education | F | 4 | 101 |
General Operatives | M | 171 | 3,369 |
General Operatives | F | 74 | 1,726 |
Health and Related Industries | M | 0 | 39 |
Health and Related Industries | F | 9 | 244 |
Information Technology | M | 4 | 62 |
Information Technology | F | 3 | 14 |
Legal Profession | M | 2 | 1 |
Legal Profession | F | 0 | 4 |
Management | M | 5 | 183 |
Management | F | 11 | 184 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | M | 21 | 382 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | F | 21 | 632 |
Printing, Press, Communications | M | 1 | 51 |
Printing, Press, Communications | F | 2 | 22 |
Retail, Sales | M | 47 | 592 |
Retail, Sales | F | 78 | 1399 |
Security, Military | M | 20 | 317 |
Security, Military | F | 0 | 41 |
Textiles | M | 1 | 8 |
Textiles | F | 0 | 22 |
Travel, Tourism | M | 2 | 31 |
Travel, Tourism | F | 2 | 69 |
Unknown | M | 76 | 400 |
Unknown | F | 17 | 234 |
Vehicle Trade | M | 48 | 884 |
Vehicle Trade | F | 0 | 12 |
Total | 1,291 | 24,798 | |
*AC 12 states are those that joined the EU on or after April 2004. |
Table 4: EU 13 nationals on live register at 28/11/08 | |||
Category | SEX | Over 1 year | Under 1 year |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | M | 5 | 16 |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | F | 2 | 16 |
Beauty | M | 0 | 1 |
Beauty | F | 2 | 6 |
Business and Financial | M | 2 | 42 |
Business and Financial | F | 2 | 54 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | M | 48 | 352 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related industries | F | 6 | 65 |
Domestic and Catering | M | 33 | 223 |
Domestic and Catering | F | 32 | 156 |
Education | M | 8 | 36 |
Education | F | 10 | 86 |
General Operatives | M | 37 | 159 |
General Operatives | F | 9 | 65 |
Health and Related Industries | M | 4 | 18 |
Health and Related Industries | F | 17 | 61 |
Information Technology | M | 4 | 51 |
Information Technology | F | 6 | 18 |
Legal Profession | M | 0 | 2 |
Legal Profession | F | 0 | 1 |
Management | M | 20 | 136 |
Management | F | 18 | 133 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | M | 9 | 95 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | F | 34 | 239 |
Printing, Press, Communications | M | 2 | 8 |
Printing, Press, Communications | F | 2 | 4 |
Retail, Sales | M | 18 | 109 |
Retail, Sales | F | 27 | 175 |
Security, Military | M | 5 | 29 |
Security, Military | F | 0 | 4 |
Textiles | M | 0 | 1 |
Travel, Tourism | M | 2 | 13 |
Travel, Tourism | F | 0 | 29 |
Unknown | M | 3 | 50 |
Unknown | F | 6 | 36 |
Vehicle Trade | M | 4 | 32 |
Vehicle Trade | F | 1 | 3 |
Total | 378 | 2,524 | |
*EU 13 are the EU states prior to April 2004 but excluding Ireland and the UK. |
Table 5: Non-EU nationals on live register at 28/11/08 | |||
Category | SEX | Over 1 Year | Under 1 Year |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | M | 25 | 40 |
Agriculture, Fishing and Related Industries | F | 1 | 3 |
Beauty | M | 3 | 7 |
Beauty | F | 26 | 29 |
Business and Financial | M | 26 | 67 |
Business and Financial | F | 8 | 34 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | M | 332 | 974 |
Construction, Woodwork and Metal and Related Industries | F | 12 | 63 |
Domestic and Catering | M | 153 | 451 |
Domestic and Catering | F | 92 | 306 |
Education | M | 26 | 67 |
Education | F | 17 | 74 |
General Operatives | M | 302 | 718 |
General Operatives | F | 113 | 222 |
Health and Related Industries | M | 34 | 87 |
Health and Related Industries | F | 111 | 280 |
Information Technology | M | 43 | 65 |
Information Technology | F | 7 | 15 |
Legal Profession | M | 4 | 9 |
Legal Profession | F | 3 | 6 |
Management | M | 53 | 152 |
Management | F | 23 | 89 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | M | 95 | 210 |
Office Admin, Clerical, Secretarial | F | 103 | 310 |
Printing, Press, Communications | M | 7 | 22 |
Printing, Press, Communications | F | 1 | 10 |
Retail, Sales | M | 139 | 313 |
Retail, Sales | F | 125 | 362 |
Security, Military | M | 87 | 283 |
Security, Military | F | 1 | 9 |
Textiles | M | 1 | 2 |
Textiles | F | 1 | 1 |
Travel, Tourism | M | 9 | 14 |
Travel, Tourism | F | 3 | 12 |
Unknown | M | 232 | 400 |
Unknown | F | 132 | 234 |
Vehicle Trade | M | 70 | 149 |
Vehicle Trade | F | 1 | 3 |
Total | 2421 | 6092 | |
*Non-EU states are all those other than Ireland and the EU. There are circa 130 represented on the live register. |
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