Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 30 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 7

Written Answers. - Unemployment Levels.

Cecilia Keaveney

Question:

57 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Taoiseach the live figures for County Donegal for each of the exchanges in each of the years from 1993 to 1996; the percentage of those people on the live register in comparison with those working, those in retirement and other categories of non-working persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/96]

The Taoiseach

The following tables show the number of persons on the live register at each local office in County Donegal, from January 1993 to September 1996:

Table 1: Ballybofey, Ballyshannon and Buncrana

	Ballybofey	Ballyshannon	Buncrana
1993 January	1,731	892	2,566
February	1,731	881	2,577
March	1,706	846	2,548
April	1,694	822	2,557
May	1,687	803	2,502
June	1,726	791	2,558
July	1,725	775	2,533
August	1,709	783	2,613
September	1,668	782	2,497
October	1,659	817	2,474
November	1,671	832	2,455
December	1,697	817	2,540
1994 January	1,723	813	2,542
February	1,714	825	2,545
March	1,693	813	2,529
April	1,676	795	2,453
May	1,642	803	2,409
June	1,651	795	2,456
July	1,642	789	2,513
August	1,630	794	2,371
September	1,596	780	2,259
October	1,571	747	2,237
November	1,553	782	2,232
December	1,550	774	2,245
1995 January	1,562	761	2,211
February	1,582	751	2,192
March	1,597	749	2,138
April	1,580	741	2,112
May	1,550	717	2,087
June	1,587	729	2,231
July	1,613	736	2,281
August	1,653	747	2,241
September	1,645	804	2,239
1995 October	1,645	827	2,283
November	1,660	837	2,293
December	1,660	880	2,400
1996 January	1,721	889	2,386
February	1,708	877	2,364
March	1,672	842	2,340
April	1,706	885	2,347
May	1,696	879	2,363
June	1,752	878	2,416
July	1,781	887	2,544
August	1,778	878	2,569
September	1,758	868	2,526

Table 2: Donegal, Donegal Control and Dunfanaghy

	Donegal Control	Donegal	Dunfanaghy
1993 January	768	—	1,268
February	728	—	1,255
March	746	—	1,242
April	742	—	1,204
May	745	—	1,153
June	756	—	1,114
July	743	—	1,129
August	735	—	1,127
September	724	—	1,159
October	710	—	1,163
November	708	—	1,170
December	684	—	1,228
1994 January	693	—	1,249
February	668	—	1,206
March	713	—	1,175
April	694	—	1,102
May	645	23	1,079
June	637	23	1,058
July	647	20	1,058
August	658	20	1,064
September	652	17	1,110
October	643	14	1,142
November	631	12	1,086
December	653	10	1,123
1995 January	648	11	1,091
February	619	10	1,102
March	628	14	1,095
April	645	14	1,038
May	630	12	1,049
June	659	12	1,070
July	648	13	1,057
August	660	13	1,075
September	634	13	1,074
October	631	14	1,159
November	638	14	1,208
December	692	14	1,196
1996 January	694	14	1,187
February	714	12	1,183
March	693	11	1,123
April	657	11	1,079
May	649	11	1,044
June	643	11	1,054
July	668	10	1,073
August	666	10	1,061
September	620	10	1,090

Table 3: Dungloe, Killybegs, Letterkenny and Donegal County Total

	Dongloe	Killybegs	Letterkenny	Donegal County Total
1993 January	1,878	1,200	3,128	13,431
February	1,831	888	3,127	13,018
March	1,860	1,138	3,086	13,172
April	1,894	1,188	3,079	13,180
May	1,885	1,232	3,024	13,031
June	1,916	1,194	3,052	13,107
July	1,974	1,243	3,112	13,234
August	1,894	1,123	3,126	13,110
September	1,871	1,110	3,078	12,889
October	1,740	750	3,080	12,393
November	1,898	1,075	3,112	12,921
December	2,035	1,271	3,148	13,420
1994 January	1,922	1,168	3,140	13,250
February	1,793	776	3,154	12,681
March	1,912	1,170	3,090	13,095
April	1,897	1,202	3,041	12,860
May	1,877	1,150	3,038	12,666
June	1,828	1,139	3,068	12,655
July	1,857	1,256	3,161	12,943
August	1,829	1,140	3,070	12,576
September	1,791	1,017	3,020	12,242
October	1,706	836	3,006	11,902
November	1,740	1,017	3,055	12,108
December	1,844	1,270	3,100	12,569
1995 January	1,786	1,170	3,042	12,282
February	1,674	898	3,022	11,850
March	1,724	1,033	2,958	11,936
April	1,740	1,218	2,984	12,072
May	1,702	1,228	2,890	11,865
June	1,700	1,233	2,984	12,205
July	1,715	1,279	3,210	12,552
August	1,758	1,185	3,027	12,359
September	1,720	1,253	2,926	12,308
October	1,801	1,034	3,000	12,394
November	1,794	937	3,057	12,438
December	1,824	1,296	3,165	13,127
1996 January	1,841	1,031	3,150	12,913
February	1,796	1,192	3,111	12,957
March	1,783	1,103	2,996	12,563
April	1,793	1,253	3,030	12,761
May	1,738	1,270	2,934	12,584
June	1,753	1,272	3,142	12,921
July	1,851	1,360	3,219	13,393
August	1,785	1,086	3,218	13,051
September	1,683	1,053	3,176	12,784

It is not possible to relate the above live register figures to appropriate labour force survey categories, either on a principal economic status (PES) or ILO basis. This is because: (a) the labour force survey does not provide results for counties or Social Welfare Office catchment areas; and (b) it is known that persons on the live register are not always classified as unemployed in the labour force survey and therefore, it would not be meaningful to express the live register as a percentage of labour force survey categories.