Vol. 539 No. 1
82 Mr. Naughten asked the Taoiseach the figures on the numbers of unemployed and long-term unemployed collated through the national household survey for each quarter over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18942/01]
The quarterly national household survey began in September 1997, replacing the annual April labour force survey. The following table shows the number of persons unemployed and long-term unemployed for each quarter, as requested by the Deputy:
Number of persons (ILO) unemployed and long-term unemployed ('000s)
|
Total Unemployed |
Of which long-term Unemployed |
|
|
September-November 1997 |
171.6 |
90.2 |
|
December-February 1998 |
138.6 |
72.6 |
|
March-May 1998 |
126.6 |
63.5 |
|
June-August 1998 |
128.9 |
61.7 |
|
September-November 1998 |
106.0 |
51.7 |
|
December-February 1999 |
95.1 |
43.6 |
|
March-May 1999 |
96.9 |
41.6 |
|
June-August 1999 |
101.1 |
37.9 |
|
September-November 1999 |
88.7 |
36.0 |
|
December-February 2000 |
81.5 |
29.7 |
|
March-May 2000 |
74.9 |
27.4 |
|
June-August 2000 |
77.7 |
25.7 |
|
September-November 2000 |
68.8 |
24.2 |
|
December-February 2001 |
65.6 |
21.5 |
