Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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153. To ask the Taoiseach the current rate of unemployment in County Clare; and the rate of unemployment in County Clare over the past ten years. [2727/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of unemployment estimates in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2021.

The quarterly LFS unemployment estimates are produced by NUTS3 Regions (NUTS3 is a geocode standard referencing the eight subdivisions of Ireland for statistical purposes). Due to the methodology and sample size of the survey it is not possible to produce reliable county estimates from the LFS.

The NUTS 3 Mid-West region includes counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.

Due to changes made under the 2014 Local Government Act, the current NUTS3 region LFS series is available from Q1 2012, see link to an Information Note published by the CSO which details these changes.

www.cso.ie/en/methods/revnuts23/

The table below shows the unemployment rate for persons aged 15-74 years in the Mid-West NUTS3 Region in the third quarter 2012 to 2021. This information is also available online on the CSO Px Stat (Series code QLF08). See link to CSO website below.

data.cso.ie/product/LFS

Unemployment Rate for persons aged 15-74 years in the Mid-West NUTS3 Region¹, Q3 2012 - 2021

%

Source: Labour Force Survey, CSO

¹Mid-West NUTS3 Region: County Clare, County Limerick and County Tipperary

Data may be subject to future revision.

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Reference period: q3=July-September