Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the number of people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, per Intreo area, and per age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62143/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Data on recipients by age and by county is set out in the table below, showing the combined number of people in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit. Casual workers and those claiming credits are not included in these figures.
Table 1 - Count of Recipients of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit, by County and Age Group.
| County | Under 25 | 25-54 | 55+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 265 | 1402 | 473 |
| Cavan | 197 | 1165 | 481 |
| Clare | 310 | 1707 | 791 |
| Cork | 917 | 6069 | 2362 |
| Donegal | 585 | 4043 | 1757 |
| Dublin | 3694 | 21085 | 6374 |
| Galway | 490 | 3693 | 1343 |
| Kerry | 385 | 2899 | 1331 |
| Kildare | 540 | 2730 | 957 |
| Kilkenny | 171 | 1051 | 386 |
| Laois | 279 | 1422 | 511 |
| Leitrim | 89 | 828 | 352 |
| Limerick | 619 | 3317 | 1086 |
| Longford | 242 | 1062 | 293 |
| Louth | 559 | 3423 | 1189 |
| Mayo | 357 | 2557 | 1193 |
| Meath | 273 | 1664 | 593 |
| Monaghan | 131 | 872 | 358 |
| Offaly | 242 | 1445 | 527 |
| Roscommon | 166 | 1025 | 399 |
| Sligo | 184 | 1139 | 385 |
| Tipperary | 496 | 2749 | 1023 |
| Waterford | 486 | 2712 | 1049 |
| Westmeath | 303 | 1674 | 602 |
| Wexford | 563 | 3323 | 1479 |
| Wicklow | 342 | 2090 | 896 |
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