Bernard Allen
Question:114 Mr. Allen asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the workforce unemployed in County Cork in each year on 1 January from 1990 to 2002, inclusive. [5938/02]
Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.
Bernard Allen
Question:115 Mr. Allen asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the workforce unemployed in Cork city in each year on 1 January from 1990 to 2002, inclusive. [5939/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 115 together.
Annual statistics on the percentage of the workforce unemployed were based on the labour force survey up to April 1997. Quarterly statistics have been available from the quarterly national household survey from the end of 1997. Results from these surveys are compiled at regional level only. The south-west region is comprised of Cork County Borough, Cork County and Kerry. Information for the south-west region for the period 1990 to the end of 2001 is set out in the following table:
Unemployment rates (ILO) %
|
South-Westregion |
State |
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|
LFS |
April 1990 |
11.9 |
12.9 |
|
April 1991 |
13.1 |
14.7 |
|
|
April 1992 |
13.7 |
15.1 |
|
|
April 1993 |
14.1 |
15.7 |
|
|
April 1994 |
15.1 |
14.7 |
|
|
April 1995 |
12.5 |
12.2 |
|
|
April 1996 |
11.8 |
11.9 |
|
|
April 1997 |
9.1 |
10.3 |
|
|
QNHS |
Mar-May 1998 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
|
Mar-May 1999 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
|
|
Mar-May 2000 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
|
|
Mar-May 2001 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
The monthly live register figures include data on claimants of unemployment benefit, unemployment assistance and other registrants classified by local office of registration. The live register is not an accurate indicator of the level of unemployment. The following table shows the number of people on the live register in Cork:
|
LiveRegister* |
State |
Cork CityandCounty |
Cork CityLocalOffice |
|
Year |
December |
December |
†December |
|
1989 |
231,128 |
24,667 |
13,542 |
|
1990 |
232,807 |
24,775 |
13,454 |
|
1991 |
269,214 |
29,370 |
16,502 |
|
1992 |
293,719 |
31,305 |
17,365 |
|
1993 |
297,089 |
31,572 |
17,486 |
|
1994 |
280,183 |
31,093 |
17,847 |
|
1995 |
285,423 |
31,651 |
18,115 |
|
1996 |
270,156 |
30,945 |
17,871 |
|
1997 |
247,730 |
27,339 |
15,230 |
|
1998 |
215,752 |
22,138 |
12,156 |
|
LiveRegister* |
State |
Cork CityandCounty |
Cork CityLocalOffice |
|
Year |
December |
December |
†December |
|
1999 |
176,539 |
17,855 |
9,079 |
|
2000 |
141,586 |
14,538 |
7,409 |
|
2001 |
152,406 |
16,698 |
8,647† |
†For administration reasons due to introduction of the EURO over the holiday period no figure is available for the last Friday of the month which is the usual reference data for the series.
*The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey.
Question No. 116 answered with Question No. 9.