Joe Cooney (Clare, Fine Gael)
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209. To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for County Clare for 1 March 2024 and 1 March 2025; the unemployment figures for all of Ireland for the same dates; the measures his Department is taking to create jobs in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of labour market estimates for the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2024.

Due to the methodology and sample size of the survey it is not possible to produce reliable county estimates from the LFS. Regional estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 level. NUTS are the geocode standard developed and regulated by Eurostat.

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

Table 1 below shows the number of persons unemployed (ILO) aged 15 - 74 years in the Mid-West region and for the State from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024.

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.

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.

The most recent Live Register figures available are for February 2025.

Table 2 below shows the number of persons on the Live Register in Clare and for the State from February 2024 to February 2025.

Table 1: Number of unemployed persons (ILO) in the Mid-West aged 15 - 74, Q4 2023 - Q4 2024, 000s