Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and up to 1 May 2017 for towns (details supplied) in County Cork in tabular form. [21803/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social Protection.

The most recent Live Register figures available are for April 2017.

Table 1 shows the average number of persons on the Live Register in the local offices requested for each of the years 2011 to 2016.

Table 2 shows the number of persons on the Live Register in the local offices requested for each of the months January to April 2017.

It should be noted that the Live Register is not a definitive measure of unemployment as it includes part-time workers, and seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseeker's Benefit or Allowance.

Table 1 Average number of persons on the Live Register in requested Local Offices, 2011 to 2016.

Source: CSO Live Register.

Table 2 Number of persons on the Live Register in requested Local Offices January-April 2017.

Source: CSO Live Register.