Eric J. Byrne
Question:328 Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number and the proportion unemployed for between two and three years and for three years or more for each of the years from 1992 to date. [7894/97]
Written Answers. - Unemployment Levels.
Information on the long-term unemployed is derived from the live register age by duration analysis published twice yearly by the Central Statistics Office in respect of April and October. The following table sets out the data requested by the Deputy:
Number of Persons on the Live Register in October by Duration of Continuous Registration, 1992 to 1996.
|
Duration |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
|
Under 3 monthsNumber |
73,217 |
71,410 |
67,424 |
69,727 |
62,633 |
|
Percentage |
26.1% |
24.9% |
23.5% |
25.3% |
23.3% |
|
3 to 6 monthsNumber |
38,796 |
35,079 |
35,679 |
33,030 |
33,727 |
|
Percentage |
13.8% |
12.3% |
12.5% |
12.0% |
12.5% |
|
6 to 12 months |
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|
Number |
45,001 |
44,995 |
47,929 |
39,035 |
38,346 |
|
Percentage |
16.0% |
15.7% |
16.7% |
14.2% |
14.2% |
|
1 to 2 years |
|||||
|
Number |
45,006 |
46,753 |
43,697 |
40,016 |
40,287 |
|
Percentage |
16.0% |
16.3% |
15.3% |
14.5% |
15.0% |
|
2 to 3 years |
|||||
|
Number |
24,692 |
28,033 |
27,489 |
25,465 |
25,714 |
|
Percentage |
8.8% |
9.8% |
9.6% |
9.2% |
9.6% |
|
3 years and over |
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|
Number |
54,372 |
60,005 |
64,154 |
68,261 |
68,323 |
|
Percentage |
19.3% |
21.0% |
22.4% |
24.8% |
25.4% |
|
Total |
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|
Number |
281,084 |
286,275 |
286,372 |
275,534 |
269,030 |
|
Percentage |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
Eric J. Byrne
Question:329 Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total number of unemployed, broken down by employment exchange, by region and, within Dublin, by postal code, for each of the years from 1990 to 1996. [7895/97]
Table 1 attached sets out the number of persons on the live register in the format requested by the Deputy. Figures refer to the end of December each year.
A breakdown by postal district is not available. However, table 2 as follows shows the catchment area for each social welfare local office in Dublin.
Table 1
Number of Persons on the Live Register by Region, County and Local Office.
|
Region |
County |
Local Office |
Number |
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|
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
1990 |
|||
|
Border |
Cavan |
Bailieboro (1) |
— |
— |
— |
927 |
982 |
841 |
739 |
|
Belturbet |
478 |
531 |
487 |
557 |
580 |
549 |
477 |
||
|
Cavan |
2,215 |
2,348 |
2,342 |
1,737 |
1,692 |
1,420 |
1,232 |
||
|
Donegal |
Ballybofey |
1,734 |
1,660 |
1,550 |
1,697 |
1,704 |
1,604 |
1,373 |
|
|
Ballyshannon |
856 |
880 |
774 |
817 |
842 |
753 |
623 |
||
|
Buncrana |
2,423 |
2,400 |
2,245 |
2,540 |
2,597 |
2,624 |
2,284 |
||
|
Donegal |
683 |
692 |
653 |
684 |
709 |
599 |
560 |
||
|
Donegal Control Office (2) |
10 |
14 |
10 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Dunfanaghy |
1,091 |
1,196 |
1,123 |
1,228 |
1,267 |
1,204 |
1,133 |
||
|
Dungloe |
1,760 |
1,824 |
1,844 |
2,035 |
1,916 |
1,899 |
1,773 |
||
|
Killybegs |
1,248 |
1,296 |
1,270 |
1,271 |
1,293 |
1,187 |
1,125 |
||
|
Letterkenny |
3,176 |
3,165 |
3,100 |
3,148 |
3,121 |
3,085 |
2,801 |
||
|
Monaghan |
Carrickmacross |
855 |
856 |
757 |
838 |
793 |
718 |
669 |
|
|
Castleblayney |
1,026 |
1,018 |
953 |
1,025 |
1,033 |
908 |
822 |
||
|
Clones |
451 |
445 |
450 |
517 |
504 |
485 |
463 |
||
|
Monaghan |
1,143 |
1,153 |
1,104 |
1,316 |
1,317 |
1,029 |
957 |
||
|
Louth |
Ardee |
1,195 |
1,236 |
1,245 |
1,501 |
1,516 |
1,355 |
1,201 |
|
|
Drogheda |
4,367 |
4,537 |
4,918 |
5,028 |
4,856 |
4,612 |
4,054 |
||
|
Dundalk |
4,554 |
4,400 |
4,262 |
4,658 |
4,438 |
4,432 |
3,942 |
||
|
Leitrim |
Carrick-on-Shannon |
1,269 |
1,247 |
1,299 |
1,245 |
1,233 |
1,177 |
999 |
|
|
Manorhamilton |
595 |
594 |
538 |
600 |
588 |
550 |
449 |
||
|
Sligo |
Sligo |
2,984 |
3,136 |
2,937 |
3,072 |
3,191 |
2,876 |
2,413 |
|
|
Tubbercurry |
483 |
500 |
440 |
507 |
510 |
461 |
399 |
||
|
Dublin |
Dublin |
Gardiner Street |
6,167 |
6,927 |
7,101 |
6,439 |
4,993 |
7,988 |
8,160 |
|
Werburg Street |
6,705 |
7,204 |
7,209 |
7,770 |
7,911 |
7,500 |
6,667 |
||
|
Victoria Street |
3,467 |
3,920 |
3,904 |
4,177 |
4,214 |
3,301 |
2,499 |
||
|
Cumberland Street |
9,868 |
10,790 |
10,803 |
11,904 |
13,221 |
12,868 |
11,838 |
||
|
Navan Road |
9,165 |
9,932 |
9,653 |
9,532 |
9,308 |
8,283 |
7,456 |
||
|
Thomas Street |
5,372 |
5,848 |
5,753 |
5,820 |
5,434 |
4,895 |
4,379 |
||
|
Tara Street |
3,412 |
3,832 |
3,924 |
3,949 |
3,753 |
3,303 |
2,876 |
||
|
Tallaght |
6,916 |
7,557 |
7,158 |
7,412 |
7,053 |
6,124 |
5,599 |
||
|
Ballymun |
2,391 |
2,571 |
2,672 |
2,867 |
3,022 |
2,921 |
2,661 |
||
|
Clondalkin |
4,486 |
4,795 |
4,643 |
4,675 |
4,548 |
4,128 |
3,500 |
||
|
Rathfarnham |
4,129 |
4,552 |
4,639 |
4,512 |
4,798 |
4,299 |
3,536 |
||
|
Kilbarrack |
4,739 |
5,611 |
5,631 |
5,812 |
5,868 |
5,564 |
3,059 |
||
|
Dún Laoghaire |
6,752 |
7,086 |
7,400 |
7,677 |
7,552 |
6,718 |
5,967 |
||
|
Balbriggan |
1,893 |
2,068 |
2,189 |
2,450 |
2,337 |
2,116 |
1,855 |
||
|
Ballyfermot |
3,631 |
3,940 |
3,803 |
4,025 |
4,109 |
3,765 |
3,415 |
||
|
Finglas (3) |
4,456 |
4,936 |
4,991 |
4,828 |
4,691 |
— |
— |
||
|
Mid-East |
Kildare |
Athy |
1,218 |
1,228 |
1,235 |
1,386 |
1,439 |
1,253 |
1,031 |
|
Kildare |
1,097 |
1,157 |
1,206 |
1,243 |
1,321 |
1,276 |
976 |
||
|
Maynooth |
2,399 |
2,621 |
2,809 |
2,875 |
2,863 |
2,457 |
1,971 |
||
|
Newbridge |
3,150 |
3,381 |
3,312 |
3,407 |
3,438 |
2,987 |
2,450 |
||
|
Wicklow |
Arklow |
1,497 |
1,539 |
1,520 |
1,573 |
1,503 |
1,370 |
1,204 |
|
|
Baltinglass |
744 |
757 |
755 |
865 |
828 |
820 |
698 |
||
|
Blessington |
367 |
375 |
363 |
456 |
482 |
385 |
331 |
||
|
Bray |
3,933 |
3,952 |
3,854 |
4,254 |
4,376 |
3,951 |
3,497 |
||
|
Wicklow |
1,032 |
1,106 |
1,121 |
1,261 |
1,197 |
1,194 |
955 |
||
|
Meath |
Kells |
823 |
817 |
875 |
951 |
1,006 |
906 |
786 |
|
|
Navan |
1,889 |
1,926 |
1,569 |
2,431 |
2,490 |
2,224 |
1,912 |
||
|
Trim |
1,241 |
1,324 |
1,411 |
1,360 |
1,374 |
1,110 |
900 |
||
|
Midland |
Laoighis |
Portarlington |
1,112 |
1,240 |
1,246 |
1,431 |
1,329 |
1,195 |
964 |
|
Portlaoise |
1,453 |
1,434 |
1,408 |
1,657 |
1,659 |
1,461 |
1,216 |
||
|
Rathdowney |
631 |
646 |
623 |
719 |
701 |
630 |
558 |
||
|
Longford |
Longford |
2,409 |
2,356 |
1,798 |
2,006 |
2,080 |
1,861 |
1,620 |
|
|
Granard (4) |
— |
— |
507 |
536 |
581 |
474 |
396 |
||
|
Offaly |
Birr |
757 |
886 |
1,070 |
1,252 |
1,217 |
1,183 |
1,135 |
|
|
Edenderry |
1,037 |
1,182 |
1,274 |
1,378 |
1,373 |
1,315 |
1,169 |
||
|
Tullamore |
1,854 |
1,899 |
1,998 |
2,210 |
2,295 |
2,128 |
1,775 |
||
|
Westmeath |
Athlone |
2,331 |
2,533 |
2,112 |
2,166 |
2,213 |
2,010 |
1,590 |
|
|
Castlepollard |
385 |
403 |
377 |
448 |
462 |
381 |
311 |
||
|
Mullingar |
2,069 |
2,276 |
2,064 |
2,288 |
2,183 |
1,909 |
1,624 |
||
|
Mid-West |
Clare |
Ennis |
2,749 |
2,985 |
2,909 |
3,229 |
3,063 |
2,713 |
2,115 |
|
Ennistymon |
996 |
1,002 |
1,029 |
1,062 |
1,062 |
980 |
873 |
||
|
Kilrush |
978 |
1,074 |
1,038 |
1,177 |
1,091 |
1,044 |
1,016 |
||
|
Tulla |
615 |
603 |
663 |
741 |
698 |
631 |
520 |
||
|
Limerick |
Kilmallock |
1,514 |
1,608 |
1,624 |
1,703 |
1,714 |
1,630 |
1,367 |
|
|
Limerick |
8,725 |
9,350 |
8,729 |
9,799 |
9,503 |
9,097 |
7,809 |
||
|
Newcastle West |
1,640 |
1,874 |
1,732 |
2,102 |
2,265 |
2,360 |
2,097 |
||
|
Tipperary-North |
Nenagh |
770 |
964 |
889 |
1,611 |
1,602 |
1,551 |
1,244 |
|
|
Roscrea |
731 |
758 |
780 |
883 |
773 |
737 |
683 |
||
|
Thurles |
1,564 |
1,724 |
1,676 |
1,993 |
1,865 |
1,795 |
1,576 |
||
|
South-East |
Tipperary-South |
Cahir |
808 |
905 |
896 |
924 |
946 |
860 |
691 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
1,233 |
1,309 |
1,342 |
1,443 |
1,478 |
1,377 |
1,221 |
||
|
Cashel |
559 |
635 |
619 |
704 |
724 |
626 |
520 |
||
|
Clonmel |
2,132 |
2,252 |
2,279 |
2,443 |
2,325 |
2,178 |
1,863 |
||
|
Tipperary |
1,052 |
1,051 |
1,142 |
1,295 |
1,308 |
1,194 |
1,031 |
||
|
Carlow |
Muine Bheag/ Bagnalstown |
879 |
850 |
901 |
1,019 |
967 |
857 |
698 |
|
|
Carlow |
2,002 |
2,067 |
2,076 |
2,240 |
2,102 |
1,829 |
1,436 |
||
|
Tullow |
695 |
744 |
714 |
733 |
778 |
713 |
583 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
Callan |
585 |
598 |
606 |
704 |
676 |
654 |
575 |
|
|
Castlecomer (5) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
638 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
2,698 |
2,909 |
2,814 |
2,994 |
2,847 |
2,582 |
1,769 |
||
|
Thomastown |
680 |
653 |
611 |
722 |
716 |
708 |
589 |
||
|
Waterford |
Dungarvan |
1,148 |
1,204 |
1,201 |
1,272 |
1,448 |
1,548 |
1,143 |
|
|
Lismore (6) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
638 |
||
|
Waterford |
6,957 |
7,569 |
7,403 |
7,624 |
7,686 |
6,794 |
5,469 |
||
|
Wexford |
Enniscorthy |
2,423 |
2,470 |
2,456 |
2,493 |
2,528 |
2,306 |
2,181 |
|
|
Gorey |
1,356 |
1,414 |
1,408 |
1,451 |
1,506 |
1,457 |
1,307 |
||
|
New Ross |
1,695 |
1,612 |
1,821 |
1,874 |
1,906 |
1,871 |
1,662 |
||
|
Wexford |
3,683 |
3,725 |
3,632 |
3,898 |
3,629 |
3,470 |
3,003 |
||
|
South-West |
Cork |
Bandon |
837 |
851 |
800 |
840 |
754 |
711 |
583 |
|
Bantry |
632 |
631 |
595 |
652 |
613 |
586 |
503 |
||
|
Bantry (SWLO) (7) |
253 |
547 |
296 |
323 |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Castletownbere (8) |
— |
— |
262 |
241 |
285 |
238 |
254 |
||
|
Clonakilty |
650 |
656 |
634 |
696 |
611 |
555 |
476 |
||
|
Cobh |
756 |
800 |
786 |
811 |
860 |
796 |
670 |
||
|
Cork |
17,871 |
18,115 |
17,847 |
17,486 |
17,365 |
16,502 |
13,454 |
||
|
Dunmanway |
194 |
196 |
202 |
231 |
573 |
476 |
412 |
||
|
Fermoy |
1,313 |
1,324 |
1,297 |
1,335 |
1,328 |
1,293 |
1,153 |
||
|
Kinsale |
817 |
800 |
709 |
666 |
637 |
546 |
438 |
||
|
Macroom |
772 |
797 |
776 |
823 |
922 |
805 |
673 |
||
|
Mallow |
1,551 |
1,552 |
1,466 |
1,599 |
1,681 |
1,542 |
1,387 |
||
|
Midleton |
1,565 |
1,618 |
1,668 |
1,674 |
1,557 |
1,455 |
1,326 |
||
|
Newmarket |
896 |
887 |
1,004 |
1,128 |
1,082 |
1,011 |
957 |
||
|
Passage West |
1,102 |
1,098 |
1,056 |
1,130 |
1,112 |
985 |
841 |
||
|
Skibbereen |
795 |
760 |
731 |
819 |
856 |
775 |
614 |
||
|
Youghal |
941 |
1,019 |
964 |
1,118 |
1,069 |
1,094 |
1,034 |
||
|
Kerry |
Cahirciveen |
562 |
578 |
473 |
597 |
654 |
649 |
539 |
|
|
Dingle |
176 |
184 |
187 |
524 |
528 |
526 |
488 |
||
|
Kenmare (9) |
770 |
— |
— |
— |
308 |
274 |
254 |
||
|
Killarney |
1,698 |
1,763 |
1,733 |
1,717 |
1,695 |
1,612 |
1,482 |
||
|
Killorglin |
821 |
851 |
830 |
842 |
808 |
806 |
806 |
||
|
Listowel |
1,803 |
1,794 |
1,785 |
2,015 |
1,964 |
1,887 |
1,800 |
||
|
Tralee |
4,417 |
5,057 |
4,329 |
4,407 |
4,123 |
4,192 |
3,449 |
||
|
West |
Galway |
Ballinasloe |
1,454 |
1,533 |
1,366 |
1,593 |
1,567 |
1,321 |
1,182 |
|
Clifden |
1,260 |
1,330 |
1,352 |
1,304 |
1,274 |
1,109 |
767 |
||
|
Galway |
8,144 |
9,001 |
8,423 |
8,730 |
7,968 |
6,849 |
5,519 |
||
|
Gort |
737 |
741 |
720 |
750 |
657 |
591 |
448 |
||
|
Loughrea |
961 |
1,053 |
964 |
1,053 |
1,117 |
936 |
793 |
||
|
Oughterard |
342 |
348 |
335 |
353 |
380 |
349 |
283 |
||
|
Tuam |
1,696 |
1,884 |
1,890 |
2,238 |
2,055 |
1,817 |
1,518 |
||
|
Mayo |
Achill |
473 |
569 |
439 |
509 |
615 |
482 |
477 |
|
|
Ballina |
2,884 |
2,969 |
2,947 |
3,061 |
3,014 |
2,639 |
2,568 |
||
|
Ballinrobe |
711 |
648 |
621 |
694 |
714 |
613 |
574 |
||
|
Belmullet |
1,237 |
1,228 |
1,122 |
1,251 |
1,219 |
1,140 |
1,024 |
||
|
Castlebar |
1,290 |
1,352 |
1,203 |
1,248 |
1,161 |
1,009 |
860 |
||
|
Claremorris |
783 |
726 |
631 |
722 |
761 |
627 |
565 |
||
|
Swinford |
1,144 |
1,047 |
1,048 |
1,055 |
1,004 |
942 |
814 |
||
|
Westport |
1,286 |
1,470 |
1,452 |
1,541 |
1,491 |
1,304 |
1,109 |
||
|
Roscommon |
Boyle |
561 |
537 |
518 |
565 |
579 |
536 |
467 |
|
|
Castlerea |
1,147 |
1,044 |
1,043 |
1,198 |
1,147 |
992 |
871 |
||
|
Roscommon |
400 |
401 |
408 |
467 |
501 |
459 |
364 |
||
|
Total |
270,142 |
285,423 |
280,183 |
297,089 |
293,719 |
269,214 |
232,807 |
Source: CSO Live Register Monthly Area Analysis
(1) Registrants transferred to Cavan in 1994.
(2) Registrants transferred from Letterkenny in 1994.
(3) Male registrants transferred from Gardiner St. in 1992. Female registrants transferred from North Cumberland St. in 1992.
(4) Registrants transferred to Longford in 1995.
(5) Registrants transferred to Kilkenny in 1991.
(6) Registrants transferred to Waterford in 1991.
(7) Registrants transferred from Kenmare in 1993.
(8) Registrants transferred to Bantry SWLO from 1995.
(9) Registrants transferred to Bantry SWLO from 1993. When office reopened in 1996 registrants transferred from 1996.
Table 2
Dublin Social Welfare Local Office by Catchment Area
|
Social Welfare Local Office |
Catchment Area |
|
|
North Cumberland St. |
Dublin 1 and 3 |
|
|
Dublin North County (except Balbriggan) |
||
|
Ashbourne Co. Meath |
||
|
Gardiner St. |
Dublin 17 |
|
|
Dublin 5 |
Artane |
|
|
Coolock |
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Donnycarney |
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Killester only |
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Dublin 9 |
(except areas listed for Ballymun) |
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Balbriggan |
Branch Office |
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Victoria St. |
Dublin 6 |
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Werburgh St. |
Dublin 6W and 12 |
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Dún Laoghaire |
Dublin 18 |
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Dublin South County |
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Navan Rd. |
Dublin 7 and 15 |
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Thomas St. |
Dublin 8 |
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Apollo House |
Dublin 2 and 4 |
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Tallaght |
Dublin 24 |
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Brittas Co. Dublin |
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Ballymun |
Dublin 9 and 11 |
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and Oldtown |
Santry Dublin 9 |
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Shanard |
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Shanliss |
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Shanowen |
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Clondalkin |
Dublin 22and Newcastle |
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Rathcoole |
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Saggart |
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Nutgrove |
Dublin 14 and 16 |
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Kilbarrack |
Dublin 13 |
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Dublin 5 (except areas listed for Gardiner St.) |
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Ballyfermot |
Dublin 10 |
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Finglas |
Dublin 11 (Except Ballymun) |