Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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75. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed at each employment exchange in County Mayo on the last convenient date and if he will provide comparative figures for the corresponding period in 2021. [54496/22]

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

The Live Register series provides a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social Protection.

The most recent Live Register figures available are for September 2022.

Table 1 below shows the number of persons on the Live Register in Mayo by Social Welfare Office for September 2022 and September 2021. This information is also available online on the CSO website (PxStat Series code LRM07). Updated data for October 2022 will be available on the CSO website from 11:00 on Monday 7 November 2022.

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 in Mayo County by local DSP¹office of registration, September 2021 and September 2022

Source: CSO Live Register

¹Department of Social Protection