Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit for the Abbeyfeale area and the Newcastle West area of County Limerick; the number of people who were claiming unemployment assistance at this time in 2008; the number of people who were claiming jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit at this time in 2007; the age profile and nationality profile for those claiming assistance of the people unemployed in both the Abbeyfeale area and Newcastle West area of County Limerick. [26186/09]

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 jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each social welfare office. However these figures do not contain a breakdown by age or nationality. The most recent information is for May 2009.

The number of persons signing on in each of the Social Welfare offices in Limerick is contained in the following table. It should be noted that the live register is not a definitive measure of unemployment as it includes part-time workers, and seasonal and casual workers entitled to jobseeker's benefit or allowance.