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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 11 Mar 1997

Vol. 476 No. 2

Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.

Ivor Callely

Question:

31 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the workforce that is unemployed in the Dublin region; the comparison figures for the national average and the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/97]

The unemployment rate for the Dublin region in April 1996 was 12.3 per cent, compared with a national average of 11.9 per cent. Both of these figures are based on the labour force survey ILO classification of employment and unemployment, which is the standard for international comparisons. The corresponding average unemployment rate for the EU, 15 countries, in April 1996 was 10.9 per cent.

Ivor Callely

Question:

32 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the number on the live register for each month of the years from 1993 to 1996; a breakdown of such figures on a county basis; and if he will indicate the city or county that has the largest number of people on the live register. [6617/97]

The numbers on the live register in each month of the years 1993 to 1996 are set out in the following table:

1993

1994

1995

1996

January

302,178

297,001

281,681

287,997

February

299,531

293,453

280,522

286,770

March

297,134

290,590

276,583

281,260

April

294,618

284,509

275,997

281,322

May

289,929

277,063

269,019

274,811

June

293,133

278,399

276,104

282,897

July

297,666

283,715

280,191

288,375

August

297,272

282,964

281,065

287,598

September

289,901

276,511

276,235

278,741

October

286,185

272,654

275,677

267,586

November

286,707

271,916

274,705

263,305

December

297,089

280,183

285,423

270,156

Dublin, which also has the highest population, has the highest number of live register claimants. The full county breakdown of the live register figures from January 1993 to December 1996 is set out in the following table:
Number of persons on the Live Register in each county, January 1993-December 1996
County Carlow

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

3,971

3,954

3,930

4,040

4,057

4,187

4,103

4,101

3,913

3,853

3,788

3,992

1994

3,940

4,002

3,956

3,914

3,764

3,821

4,103

3,781

3,722

3,538

3,514

3,691

1995

3,656

3,758

3,601

3,742

3,624

3,763

3,901

3,854

3,575

3,573

3,533

3,661

1996

3,816

3,844

3,874

3,872

3,774

3,989

4,032

3,987

3,688

3,453

3,381

3,576

County Dublin

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

95,928

96,127

96,143

95,439

93,865

95,118

97,047

96,931

94,522

93,012

92,070

93,849

1994

94,759

93,991

93,368

92,840

90,875

91,983

94,688

95,048

92,298

90,780

89,615

91,473

1995

91,078

91,477

90,413

90,476

88,996

91,844

92,719

92,903

90,857

89,698

88,663

91,569

1996

92,177

91,507

89,853

90,030

88,564

90,942

92,438

91,971

88,764

84,493

81,879

83,549

County Kildare

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

9,618

9,499

9,149

9,011

9,102

9,179

9,215

9,038

8,776

8,532

8,351

8,911

1994

9,111

8,923

8,786

8,471

8,392

8,465

8,693

8,488

8,200

8,132

8,145

8,562

1995

8,569

8,437

8,264

8,233

8,166

8,492

8,600

8,605

8,350

8,270

7,992

8,387

1996

8,703

8,624

8,460

8,386

8,097

8,427

8,514

8,456

8,147

7,651

7,416

7,864

County Kilkenny

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

4,462

4,378

4,338

4,300

4,171

4,255

4,274

4,460

4,264

4,187

4,255

4,420

1994

4,389

4,313

4,112

4,032

3,902

3,964

4,009

4,003

4,042

3,918

3,886

4,031

1995

4,098

4,144

4,060

4,066

3,986

4,060

4,066

4,073

4,010

4,011

4,004

4,160

1996

4,211

4,207

4,084

4,087

3,964

4,146

4,281

4,305

4,147

3,950

3,867

3,963

County Laoighis

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

3,748

3,775

3,730

3,744

3,669

3,726

3,697

3,667

3,561

3,499

3,500

3,807

1994

3,815

3,714

3,561

3,404

3,396

3,345

3,259

3,143

3,068

3,100

3,238

3,277

1995

3,359

3,345

3,253

3,280

3,129

3,199

3,197

3,174

3,172

3,155

3,095

3,320

1996

3,459

3,387

3,317

3,329

3,210

3,305

3,277

3,205

3,097

3,047

3,059

3,196

County Longford

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

2,716

2,684

2,591

2,556

2,532

2,580

2,627

2,638

2,490

2,416

2,381

2,542

1994

2,466

2,489

2,505

2,523

2,319

2,269

2,540

2,528

2,454

2,192

2,239

2,305

1995

2,364

2,335

2,303

2,327

2,289

2,490

2,517

2,538

2,422

2,356

2,293

2,356

1996

2,379

2,482

2,366

2,577

2,320

2,411

2,667

2,506

2,479

2,400

2,357

2,409

County Louth

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

11,265

11,161

11,257

11,295

11,240

11,033

11,230

10,909

10,681

10,476

10,408

11,187

1994

11,040

11,058

10,978

10,526

9,890

10,026

10,235

9,970

10,409

10,135

10,090

10,425

1995

10,632

10,568

10,459

10,507

10,137

10,281

10,524

10,349

10,113

9,934

9,883

10,173

1996

10,321

10,522

10,442

10,492

10,173

10,286

10,528

10,568

10,287

10,053

9,946

10,116

County Meath

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

5,090

4,974

4,959

4,839

4,745

4,787

4,797

4,772

4,605

4,542

4,547

4,742

1994

4,835

4,783

4,680

4,334

4,195

4,198

4,309

4,281

3,968

3,894

3,825

3,855

1995

3,961

3,996

3,873

3,830

3,665

3,691

3,731

3,793

4,064

4,049

3,973

4,067

1996

4,161

4,201

4,156

4,133

4,078

4,180

4,346

4,326

4,157

3,921

3,878

3,953

County Offaly

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

5,039

4,930

4,949

4,833

4,679

4,833

4,827

4,761

4,539

4,565

4,626

4,840

1994

4,905

4,854

4,744

4,585

4,451

4,277

4,414

4,385

4,357

4,276

4,306

4,342

1995

4,392

4,329

4,274

3,955

3,797

3,831

3,860

3,899

3,855

3,819

3,867

3,967

1996

4,136

4,044

4,109

4,053

4,027

4,009

3,982

4,069

3,986

3,769

3,708

3,648

County Westmeath

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

5,061

4,937

4,937

4,859

4,795

4,851

4,755

4,781

4,733

4,673

4,693

4,902

1994

4,839

4,663

4,558

4,308

4,268

4,238

4,312

4,379

4,324

4,334

4,278

4,553

1995

4,418

4,394

4,378

4,694

4,493

4,652

4,820

4,764

4,816

4,808

4,941

4,212

1996

5,197

5,112

5,054

5,020

4,721

4,948

4,970

5,065

4,896

4,704

4,679

4,785

County Wexford

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

9,541

9,512

9,394

9,208

9,105

9,204

9,340

9,638

9,275

9,356

9,397

9,716

1994

9,612

9,543

9,499

9,229

8,805

8,884

8,952

8,880

9,072

8,850

8,946

9,317

1995

9,314

9,201

9,016

9,813

8,620

8,751

8,794

8,834

8,783

9,048

8,973

9,221

1996

9,363

9,457

9,252

9,216

9,005

9,198

9,184

9,170

9,326

8,944

8,960

9,157

County Wicklow

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

8,747

8,828

8,689

8,567

8,439

8,430

8,729

8,621

8,395

8,380

8,267

8,409

1994

8,360

8,357

8,291

8,093

7,912

7,925

7,998

8,059

7,606

7,549

7,435

7,613

1995

7,741

7,685

7,554

7,530

7,400

7,522

7,655

7,734

7,416

7,471

7,485

7,729

1996

7,815

7,820

7,884

7,909

7,653

7,909

8,122

8,115

7,913

7,488

7,351

7,573

County Clare

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

6,198

6,058

5,961

5,941

5,652

5,639

5,775

5,853

5,873

6,094

6,247

6,209

1994

6,250

6,025

5,913

5,742

5,567

5,452

5,403

5,350

5,314

5,432

5,528

5,639

1995

5,759

5,716

5,717

5,543

5,336

5,253

5,398

5,458

5,401

5,404

5,572

5,684

1996

5,811

5,755

5,646

5,487

5,333

5,426

5,528

5,636

5,437

5,376

5,418

5,338

County Cork

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

32,182

31,505

31,523

31,076

30,833

31,241

31,763

31,193

30,623

29,907

30,405

31,572

1994

31,532

31,517

31,382

31,127

30,150

30,752

30,848

30,785

30,287

29,979

29,825

31,093

1995

31,470

31,195

30,909

30,738

30,170

30,789

30,921

30,884

30,543

30,475

30,266

31,651

1996

32,214

32,695

31,983

31,984

31,239

32,172

32,549

32,283

31,793

30,362

29,968

30,945

County Kerry

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

10,373

10,215

9,859

9,505

9,072

8,857

8,828

8,902

8,605

9,091

9,447

10,102

1994

9,907

9,577

9,305

8,700

8,309

7,964

8,074

8,096

8,129

8,489

8,828

9,337

1995

9,506

9,452

9,146

8,751

8,277

8,320

8,757

8,812

8,684

9,104

9,549

10,227

1996

10,316

10,120

9,707

9,456

8,915

8,988

9,142

9,462

9,251

9,447

9,731

10,247

County Limerick

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

14,258

14,101

13,690

13,714

13,414

13,519

13,872

13,919

13,708

13,600

13,533

13,604

1994

13,407

13,380

13,193

12,882

12,592

12,290

12,583

12,589

12,370

12,078

12,047

12,085

1995

12,623

12,442

12,107

12,189

11,725

11,910

12,125

12,473

12,054

12,049

12,167

12,832

1996

12,899

12,669

12,279

12,307

12,047

12,449

12,840

13,047

12,330

11,781

11,526

11,879

County Tipperary

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

11,030

10,905

10,702

10,625

10,642

10,718

10,811

10,974

10,587

10,644

10,559

11,296

1994

11,190

11,106

10,818

10,547

10,249

10,121

9,892

9,954

9,371

9,148

9,038

9,623

1995

9,734

9,757

9,567

9,584

9,247

9,474

9,633

9,594

9,402

9,405

9,093

9,598

1996

9,595

9,356

9,136

9,216

8,808

9,083

9,444

9,198

8,813

8,439

8,514

8,849

County Waterford

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

8,881

8,692

8,620

8,465

8,313

8,495

8,707

8,587

8,290

8,182

8,411

8,896

1994

8,667

8,474

8,571

8,382

8,057

8,198

8,436

8,454

8,117

7,970

8,203

8,604

1995

8,498

8,321

8,236

8,140

7,864

8,188

8,377

8,350

8,177

8,249

8,381

8,773

1996

8,621

8,482

8,335

8,293

8,184

8,386

8,518

8,500

8,184

7,915

7,908

8,105

County Galway

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

15,610

15,472

15,167

15,076

14,757

14,982

15,286

15,610

15,691

15,288

15,525

16,021

1994

16,287

16,121

15,809

15,528

15,245

15,199

15,357

15,347

14,922

14,801

14,795

15,050

1995

15,225

15,077

14,709

14,663

14,013

14,600

14,774

14,957

15,057

15,325

15,547

15,890

1996

15,896

15,741

15,469

15,459

15,298

15,676

16,103

16,049

15,538

15,113

14,586

14,594

County Leitrim

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

1,925

1,847

1,804

1,829

1,784

1,805

1,916

1,854

1,828

1,743

1,744

1,845

1994

1,889

1,877

1,846

1,806

1,724

1,806

1,898

1,914

1,860

1,783

1,793

1,837

1995

1,840

1,821

1,766

1,784

1,753

1,828

1,860

1,900

1,842

1,855

1,793

1,841

1996

1,842

1,829

1,804

1,786

1,820

1,937

2,110

2,047

1,935

1,782

1,780

1,864

County Mayo

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

10,104

9,961

9,831

9,885

9,548

9,749

9,838

10,078

9,755

9,758

9,658

10,081

1994

10,080

9,820

9,700

8,735

9,165

9,219

9,287

9,252

9,122

9,317

9,248

9,463

1995

9,625

9,598

9,508

9,514

9,219

9,312

9,542

9,728

9,631

9,649

9,641

10,009

1996

10,001

9,896

9,687

9,757

9,618

9,908

10,007

10,133

9,873

9,571

9,465

9,808

County Roscommon

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

2,236

2,204

2,206

2,178

2,199

2,221

2,311

2,284

2,153

2,093

2,045

2,230

1994

2,171

2,157

2,102

1,992

1,927

1,972

2,026

1,999

1,890

1,878

1,886

1,969

1995

1,980

1,893

1,858

1,886

1,812

1,978

2,016

1,975

1,965

1,896

1,919

1,982

1996

1,966

1,954

1,985

1,997

1,942

2,035

2,060

2,112

2,009

2,001

2,001

2,108

County Sligo

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

3,744

3,780

3,696

3,617

3,519

3,740

3,723

3,751

3,557

3,514

3,485

3,579

1994

3,535

3,455

3,407

3,304

3,271

3,414

3,580

3,590

3,423

3,369

3,373

3,377

1995

3,401

3,437

3,428

3,403

3,346

3,532

3,564

3,601

3,452

3,475

3,506

3,636

1996

3,742

3,703

3,544

3,496

3,498

3,810

3,855

3,809

3,590

3,404

3,377

3,467

County Cavan

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

3,305

3,362

3,240

3,265

3,199

3,174

3,198

3,151

3,077

2,947

3,019

3,221

1994

3,165

3,083

3,053

2,832

2,802

2,731

2,820

2,797

2,746

2,676

2,654

2,829

1995

2,888

3,016

2,942

2,963

2,878

2,834

2,912

3,018

2,912

2,871

2,827

2,879

1996

2,910

2,881

2,818

2,794

2,670

2,798

2,860

2,914

2,809

2,684

2,681

2,693

County Donegal

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

13,431

13,018

13,172

13,180

13,031

13,107

13,234

13,110

12,889

12,393

12,921

13,420

1994

13,250

12,681

13,095

12,860

12,666

12,655

12,943

12,576

12,242

11,902

12,108

12,569

1995

12,282

11,850

11,936

12,072

11,865

12,205

12,552

12,359

12,308

12,394

12,438

13,127

1996

12,913

12,957

12,563

12,761

12,584

12,921

13,393

13,051

12,784

12,469

12,473

12,981

County Monaghan

Year

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1993

3,715

3,652

3,597

3,571

3,567

3,703

3,763

3,689

3,511

3,440

3,425

3,696

1994

3,600

3,490

3,348

3,213

3,170

3,231

3,321

3,316

3,198

3,134

3,073

3,264

1995

3,268

3,278

3,306

3,314

3,212

3,315

3,376

3,436

3,373

3,334

3,304

3,472

1996

3,533

3,525

3,453

3,425

3,359

3,558

3,625

3,614

3,508

3,369

3,396

3,475

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