Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Nov 1997

Vol. 482 No. 8

Written Answers. - Unemployment Levels.

Liam Lawlor

Question:

215 Mr. Lawlor asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he will give details of the number of persons currently registered as unemployed and living in Lucan, County Dublin; if he will provide this information broken down by gender, age groups, long and short-term registration, benefit and assistance; and if he will give details of the number of persons currently participating in an employee or self-employed back-to-work scheme. [19563/97]

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs (Mr. D. Ahern):

The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the following table:

Lucan County Dublin

1. Male claimants classified by type of claim and age as at 31 October, 1997.

Unemployment Assistance:

	Short-Term*	Long-Term	Claims Pending	Total
Under 20 years	7	12	2	21
21-34	64	26	6	96
35-44	54	7	4	65
45-54	54	3	1	58
Over 55 years	17	5	1	23
Total	196	53	14	263

Unemployment Benefit:**	Credited Contributions:***
Under 20 years	3	Under 20 years	1
21-34	58	21-34	2
35-44	21	35-44	2
45-54	19	45-54	20
Over 55 years	18	Over 55 years	14
Total	119	Total	39

2. Female claimants classified by type of claim and age as at 31 October, 1997.

Unemployment Assistance:

	Short-Term*	Long-Term	Claims Pending	Total
Under 20 years	13	5	2	20
21-34	21	43	4	68
35-44	4	13	2	19
45-54	4	10	1	15
Over 55 years	2	1	0	3
Total	44	72	9	125

Unemployment Benefit:**	Credited Contributions:***
Under 20 years	9	Under 20 years	1
21-34	164	21-34	33
35-44	64	35-44	33
45-54	37	45-54	18
Over 55 years	14	Over 55 years	13
Total	288	Total	98

3. Back to Work Allowance Scheme Participants (as at week ending 7 November, 1997):

Participants in Dublin City and County****

Self-Employed	3,080
Employee	3,189
Total	6,269

Notes:

*Unemployment assistance recipients who have been in receipt of a payment for less than 15 months are included under this (short-term) heading.

**Unemployment benefit is payable for up to 390 days of unemployment, 15 months.

***Persons signing for credited contributions only are those who have either no entitlement to unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit, or who have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit.

****Figures specific to the Lucan area are not available. The figures for Dublin city and county are, accordingly, given.