Written answers

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit and signing for credits for 12 months or more by county in tabular form. [50732/19]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement.

The number of young persons under 26 years of age that are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit and signing for credits for 12 months or more by county at the end of November 2019.

County Jobseeker’s Allowance Jobseeker’s Benefit Credits Only
Carlow 146 0 0
Cavan 135 0 0
Clare 123 0 1
Cork 328 0 2
Donegal 371 2 0
Dublin 1,135 0 3
Galway 262 1 0
Kerry 159 1 4
Kildare 189 1 0
Kilkenny 93 0 0
Laois 143 0 0
Leitrim 50 0 1
Limerick 254 1 0
Longford 109 0 0
Louth 243 0 2
Mayo 175 0 0
Meath 132 0 1
Monaghan 57 0 0
Offaly 168 0 0
Roscommon 60 0 0
Sligo 89 0 0
Tipperary 303 0 1
Waterford 189 2 2
Westmeath 166 0 0
Wexford 347 0 1
Wicklow 128 0 1
Total 5,554 8 19

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