Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past two years and is likely to so do in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48990/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As of 3 October 2021, there were 120,411 individuals in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA).

Details of JA recipients by month over the past two years are shown in the tabular statement. Between October 2019 and September 2021, there were an average of 132,185 individuals per month in receipt of JA. The minimum number of recipients over this period was recorded on October 3rd 2021. The maximum number of recipients occurred in September 2020, with 139,638 people receiving a JA payment.

With regards to future projections the Live Register forecasts for 2022 are being reviewed with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at present and will take account of Unemployment forecasts from the Department of Finance. These forecasts are still in the process of being finalised.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of long-term jobseeker’s support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48991/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As of 3rd October 2021, there were 86,254 recipients of long-term jobseeker's support (.i.e. in receipt of a jobseekers payment for 12 months or more).