Written answers
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Department of Social Protection
Jobseeker's Allowance Data
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance aged 65 years of age in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by county, in tabular form. [9687/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table.
| Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance aged 65 by county at 31 December in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and at 31 January 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | 31 December 2014 | 31 December 2015 | 31 December 2016 | 31 January 2017 |
| Carlow | 44 | 32 | 41 | 43 |
| Cavan | 47 | 43 | 42 | 32 |
| Clare | 106 | 61 | 75 | 72 |
| Cork | 275 | 256 | 258 | 240 |
| Donegal | 133 | 131 | 127 | 122 |
| Dublin | 473 | 562 | 607 | 586 |
| Galway | 122 | 132 | 125 | 117 |
| Kerry | 122 | 106 | 110 | 101 |
| Kildare | 47 | 99 | 122 | 114 |
| Kilkenny | 25 | 40 | 45 | 44 |
| Laois | 33 | 38 | 55 | 51 |
| Leitrim | 57 | 21 | 14 | 15 |
| Limerick | 40 | 92 | 100 | 102 |
| Longford | 15 | 22 | 39 | 37 |
| Louth | 91 | 105 | 95 | 88 |
| Mayo | 92 | 91 | 92 | 87 |
| Meath | 63 | 55 | 59 | 61 |
| Monaghan | 28 | 50 | 37 | 36 |
| Offaly | 38 | 63 | 49 | 46 |
| Roscommon | 24 | 31 | 23 | 21 |
| Sligo | 15 | 38 | 28 | 26 |
| Tipperary | 121 | 115 | 106 | 103 |
| Waterford | 88 | 93 | 119 | 110 |
| Westmeath | 55 | 66 | 61 | 55 |
| Wexford | 101 | 133 | 129 | 116 |
| Wicklow | 88 | 87 | 81 | 79 |
| Grand Total | 2,343 | 2,562 | 2,639 | 2,504 |
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