Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that persons who were previously self-employed but are now unemployed should be included in the live register figures; if she will take measures to facilitate this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for the publication of Live Register Data. The definition of what is included in that data is a matter for the CSO.

The Live Register is not a measure of unemployment. The CSO's Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) data provides unemployment statistics and since last month the CSO has introduced a new series of monthly unemployment estimates, which are available on the CSO’s website.