Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's assistance in each of the past four years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9766/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The total number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s assistance (JA) and jobseeker’s benefit (JB) is collated on a monthly basis.

I therefore attach for the Deputy’s information a tabular statement of the number of recipients of JA & JB at the end of each month during the period January 2011 to February 2015.