Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
Unemployment Levels
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the current level of unemployment, including details of long-term unemployment, on a county-by-county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The latest figures for the Live Register relate to end March 2013. The number of persons on the Live Register on 29 March 2013 was 425,088. The overall number of persons on the register for more than one year was 187,896 or 44.2%. The number of persons on the Live Register by county is provided in the table below, along with the breakdown of those persons on the register for less than a year and for more than a year for each county.
| County | < 1 year | > 1 year | Total | % of LT Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longford | 2,480 | 2,544 | 5,024 | 50.64% |
| Limerick | 10,042 | 8,995 | 19,037 | 47.25% |
| Wexford | 9,777 | 8,703 | 18,480 | 47.09% |
| Offaly | 4,891 | 4,250 | 9,141 | 46.49% |
| Laois | 4,767 | 4,084 | 8,851 | 46.14% |
| Waterford | 7,576 | 6,379 | 13,955 | 45.71% |
| Kilkenny | 3,924 | 3,286 | 7,210 | 45.58% |
| Wicklow | 6,644 | 5,506 | 12,150 | 45.32% |
| Dublin | 56,042 | 45,955 | 101,997 | 45.06% |
| Clare | 5,428 | 4,441 | 9,869 | 45.00% |
| Cavan | 3,896 | 3,182 | 7,078 | 44.96% |
| Louth | 9,366 | 7,617 | 16,983 | 44.85% |
| Westmeath | 5,711 | 4,628 | 10,339 | 44.76% |
| Donegal | 11,705 | 9,159 | 20,864 | 43.90% |
| Sligo | 2,865 | 2,237 | 5,102 | 43.85% |
| Meath | 6,048 | 4,720 | 10,768 | 43.83% |
| Galway | 12,551 | 9,653 | 22,204 | 43.47% |
| Roscommon | 2,301 | 1,751 | 4,052 | 43.21% |
| Kildare | 10,472 | 7,932 | 18,404 | 43.10% |
| Leitrim | 1,880 | 1,421 | 3,301 | 43.05% |
| Mayo | 7,295 | 5,467 | 12,762 | 42.84% |
| Carlow | 4,028 | 3,008 | 7,036 | 42.75% |
| Monaghan | 3,736 | 2,776 | 6,512 | 42.63% |
| Tipperary | 9,519 | 6,976 | 16,495 | 42.29% |
| Cork | 24,151 | 17,309 | 41,460 | 41.75% |
| Kerry | 10,097 | 5,917 | 16,014 | 36.95% |
| Total | 237,192 | 187,896 | 425,088 | 44.20% |
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