Written answers
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Department of Social Protection
Live Register
9:00 pm
Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the number of persons on the live register who sign on for three days per week and who work for the other three days. [36407/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The number of causal workers signing on the Live Register varies from week to week but has been in the range 84,000 to 86,000 during most of 2011. Between 68,000 and 71,000 of these receive a payment in any given week. A recent analysis of signing patterns showed that just over 20,000 of those who received a payment were paid benefits for three days.
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