Written answers
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients who are in receipt of Jobseeker's allowance unbroken continuously in excess of 12 months, 24 months and 36 months, in tabular form. [63791/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Estimates for the number of persons unemployed are published monthly by the CSO in the Monthly Unemployment Estimates, and official employment and unemployment numbers are published quarterly in the Labour Force Survey. The CSO will publish official unemployment numbers in respect of Q3 2025 on Thursday 20th November. The long-term unemployment rate (those unemployed for a year or more) in Q2 2025 stood at 1.1%.
The table below summarises the number of individuals in continuous receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) for durations 0-12, 13-24, 25-36 or 37+ months. Please note that casual workers are not included in these figures.
Table 1: Count of Individuals in continuous Receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance by Claim Duration
| Duration | Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 0-12 months | 52,494 |
| 13-24 months | 7,121 |
| 25-36 months | 3,022 |
| 37 months + | 5,916 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on disability allowance and invalidity benefit; and the percentage of the population. [63792/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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There were 172,106 recipients of Disability Allowance in October 2025. The represents 3.2% of the total population, based an estimated 5,458,000 people from CSO's Population and Migration estimates. 4,073,700 people are estimated to be aged between 15 and 74 years old; Disability Allowance represents 4.2% of this target population.
Disability Allowance
| Age Group | Estimated Population 2025 | Disability Allowance | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 0-14 | 1,000,100 | 0 | 0 |
| Age 15-24 | 696,600 | 31,237 | 4.5 |
| Age 25-34 | 673,900 | 24,210 | 3.6 |
| Age 35-44 | 819,600 | 28,045 | 3.4 |
| Age 45-54 | 777,600 | 38,729 | 5.0 |
| Age 55-64 | 629,500 | 47,372 | 7.5 |
| Age 65-74 | 476,500 | 2,513 | 0.5 |
| Age 75-84 | 288,700 | 0 | 0 |
| Age 85+ | 96,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5,458,500 | 172,106 | 3.2 % |
Invalidity Pension
| Age Group | Estimated Population 2025 | Invalidity Pension | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 0-14 | 1,000,100 | 0 | 0 |
| Age 15-24 | 696,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Age 25-34 | 673,900 | 257 | 0 |
| Age 35-44 | 819,600 | 4,456 | 0.5 |
| Age 45-54 | 777,600 | 13,510 | 1.7 |
| Age 55-64 | 629,500 | 33,616 | 5.3 |
| Age 65-74 | 476,500 | 2,795 | 0.6 |
| Age 75-84 | 288,700 | 0 | 0 |
| Age 85+ | 96,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5,458,500 | 54,634 | 1.0% |
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