Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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59. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register at the close of business on 8 June 2018, by county and individual local office; and the number of persons on the register that are classified as seasonal and casual workers entitled to receive jobseeker's allowance and benefit. [25801/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP).

The most recent Live Register figures available are for May 2018.

Table 1 shows the number of persons on Live Register by County and local DEASP office of registration for May 2018. This information is also available online on the CSO Statbank (Series code LRM07). See the following link to CSO website.

Table 2 shows the number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register classified by social welfare scheme for May 2018.

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 Number of persons on Live Register by County and local DEASP¹office of registration, May 2018

Source: CSO Live Register.

¹ Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

² From January 2018, registrations which have yet not being assigned to a DEASP local office of registration are included in the Live Register totals and therefore the sum of the counties and DEASP local offices of registration may not add to the Live Register totals in this series.

Table 2 Number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register classified by social welfare scheme, May 2018

Source: CSO Live Register.