David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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124. To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate in the south east region broken down by city and county, and by age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20510/16]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q1 2016.

Estimates of unemployment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 South-East region includes counties Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford City and County and Wexford. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable city and county estimates from the QNHS.

The following table shows the unemployment rate of persons aged 15-74 years classified by NUTS3 South-East region and age group in Q1 2016.

Table 1 Unemployment (ILO) rate of persons aged 15-74 years classified by NUTS3 South-East region and age group, Q1 2016

%

Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.';

Data may be subject to future revision;

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change;

Reference period: Q1=January-March