Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seeker's allowance or job seeker's benefit who listed their previous employment as farming in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41148/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit claims where the employment immediately prior to the claim commencement was in Sector A - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (based on NACE Rev 2.1) are set out in the table below.
Year | Recipients |
---|---|
June 2016 | 506 |
June 2017 | 485 |
June 2018 | 460 |
June 2019 | 439 |
June 2020 | 369 |
June 2021 | 356 |
June 2022 | 478 |
June 2023 | 423 |
June 2024 | 451 |
June 2025 | 268 |
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