Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 11 Oct 2000

Vol. 523 No. 5

Written Answers. - Live Register.

Michael Ring

Question:

74 Mr. Ring asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register for the towns of Westport, Castlebar, Ballina and Belmullet, County Mayo, giving details on a monthly basis for 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999; and the number for the remainder of County Mayo for these periods. [21407/00]

The Taoiseach:

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Persons on the Live Register for 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999

Live Register for Co. Mayo
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
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	9,810
1997	9,669	9,414	9,294	9,086	8,934	9,331	9,461	9,437	9,123	9,093	9,987	9,445	9,273
1998	9,240	9,041	8,669	8,571	8,426	8,627	8,804	8,765	8,440	8,295	8,129	8,449	8,621
1999	8,611	8,373	8,015	7,844	7,606	7,672	7,863	7,825	7,572	7,353	7,241	7,629	7,800
Ballina Local Office
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1996	2,985	2,971	2,954	2,918	2,831	2,926	2,932	3,023	2,917	2,924	2,903	2,884	2,931
1997	2,834	2,810	2,768	2,742	2,702	2,792	2,789	2,792	2,787	2,778	2,730	2,882	2,784
1998	2,858	2,841	2,736	2,707	2,661	2,736	2,826	2,823	2,761	2,717	2,676	2,693	2,753
1999	2,778	2,820	2,663	2,612	2,478	2,481	2,464	2,430	2,363	2,324	2,287	2,397	2,508
Belmullet Local Office
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1996	1,247	1,207	1,225	1,254	1,256	1,254	1,273	1,304	1,269	1,205	1,196	1,237	1,244
1997	1,251	1,226	1,231	1,223	1,209	1,259	1,275	1,301	1,246	1,201	1,179	1,202	1,234
1998	1,189	1,148	1,091	1,122	1,108	1,107	1,199	1,125	1,085	1,038	997	1,030	1,103
1999	1,095	1,084	1,059	1,083	1,024	1,035	1,040	1,047	993	984	985	1,004	1,036
Castlebar Local Office
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1996	1,302	1,323	1,247	1,252	1,274	1,321	1,351	1,389	1,324	1,212	1,163	1,290	1,287
1997	1,175	1,137	1,117	1,127	1,111	1,211	1,242	1,241	1,159	1,120	1,081	1,139	1,155
1998	1,084	1,035	980	962	946	993	1,016	1,022	994	989	973	1,064	1,005
1999	1,029	997	942	915	899	915	952	973	924	864	833	903	929
Westport Local Office
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1996	1,471	1,451	1,384	1,392	1,362	1,354	1,386	1,381	1,379	1,331	1,268	1,286	1,370
1997	1,277	1,229	1,169	1,131	1,117	1,141	1,179	1,136	1,091	1,129	1,154	1,167	1,160
1998	1,162	1,144	1,062	1,038	1,010	1,006	1,010	1,003	968	960	931	983	1,023
1999	978	930	875	840	842	821	850	841	835	795	768	782	846
Total for Achill, Ballinrobe, Claremorris and Swinford
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1996	2,996	2,944	2,877	2,941	2,895	3,053	3,065	3,036	2,984	2,899	2,935	3,111	2,978
1997	3,132	3,012	3,009	2,863	2,795	2,928	2,976	2,967	2,840	2,865	2,843	3,055	2,940
1998	2,947	2,873	2,800	2,742	2,701	2,785	2,753	2,792	2,632	2,591	2,552	2,679	2,737
1999	2,731	2,542	2,476	2,394	2,363	2,420	2,557	2,534	2,457	2,386	2,368	2,543	2,481

Questions Nos. 75 to 81, inclusive, taken in Chamber.