Written answers
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Jobseeker's Payments
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment that are under 26 years of age. [28645/19]
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment that are under 26 years of age, by county. [28646/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 427 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.
The number of recipients* of a jobseeker's payment that are under 26 years of age by scheme and county at the 30th of June 2016
| County | Jobseeker's Allowance | Jobseeker's Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 476 | 33 |
| Cavan | 402 | 30 |
| Clare | 434 | 51 |
| Cork | 1,230 | 178 |
| Donegal | 1,073 | 102 |
| Dublin | 4,344 | 741 |
| Galway | 793 | 125 |
| Kerry | 551 | 77 |
| Kildare | 696 | 94 |
| Kilkenny | 295 | 38 |
| Laois | 434 | 43 |
| Leitrim | 153 | 27 |
| Limerick | 915 | 76 |
| Longford | 352 | 32 |
| Louth | 890 | 90 |
| Mayo | 522 | 48 |
| Meath | 451 | 60 |
| Monaghan | 237 | 37 |
| Offaly | 496 | 47 |
| Roscommon | 216 | 20 |
| Sligo | 267 | 20 |
| Tipperary | 946 | 83 |
| Waterford | 784 | 80 |
| Westmeath | 529 | 76 |
| Wexford | 943 | 111 |
| Wicklow | 487 | 60 |
| Total | 18,916 | 2,379 |
* Recipients are persons who have been awarded a jobseeker's payment and is currently in receipt of a weekly payment and does not reflect the number of persons on the live register.
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