Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Department of Social Protection
Unemployment Benefits Data
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in County Kildare at present; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated in the course of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36301/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement.
Number of persons in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in County Kildare at end of December 2012 and the end of October 2013 to 2016
Jobseeker’s Allowance | Jobseeker’s Benefit | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Recipients | Percentage Change | Recipients | Percentage Change | |
October 16 | 8,446 | -19.7% | 1,637 | -11.7% |
October 15 | 10,524 | 0.9% | 1,854 | -1.5% |
October 14 | 10,427 | -11.3% | 1,883 | -21.7% |
October 13 | 11,759 | -0.5% | 2,404 | -32.5% |
December 12* | 11,823 | - | 3,560 | - |
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