Dinny McGinley
Question:96 Mr. McGinley asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the unemployment register for each employment exchange in County Donegal. [24566/99]
Vol. 511 No. 3
96 Mr. McGinley asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the unemployment register for each employment exchange in County Donegal. [24566/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
Number of persons on the live register in each exchange in County Donegal, October 1999.
Local Office |
Persons |
Ballybofey |
1,597 |
Ballyshannon |
683 |
Buncrana |
2,074 |
Donegal |
604 |
Dunfanaghy |
864 |
Dungloe |
1,636 |
Killybegs |
1,091 |
Letterkenny |
2,983 |
Total County Donegal |
11,532 |
97 Mr. McGinley asked the Taoiseach the percentage of people registered as unemployed in each county. [24569/99]
Statistics on employment and unemployment are calculated at regional level from the quarterly national household survey. The latest results available are for quarter two of 1999. Statistics on the unemployment rate, namely the number of unemployed expressed as a percentage of the total labour force, in each NUTS-3 region in quarter two of 1999 are set out in the table below. Corresponding statistics are not available at county level.
Unemployment rates in each NUTS-3 region, Q2/1999
Region |
% |
Border |
8.7 |
Midland |
6.5 |
West |
5.2 |
Dublin |
4.7 |
Mid-East |
4.2 |
Mid-West |
5.0 |
South-East |
8.4 |
South-West |
5.6 |
Ireland |
5.7 |