Seán Crowe
Question:135 Mr. Crowe asked the Taoiseach the number of people who were signing for unemployment assistance at the Tallaght social welfare office over the past 12 months. [25496/02]
Written Answers. - Live Register.
The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each local social welfare office. The most recent information available is for November 2002. It should be noted that, (a) the live register is not a definitive measure of unemployment as it includes part-time workers, seasonal and casual workers entitled to unemployment assistance or benefit. Statistics on unemployment are measured at regional level by the quarterly national household survey; (b) the areas served by local employment offices do not correspond to specific geographic boundaries. Therefore, registrants at a given local office do not necessarily come from a particular region or area which can be precisely delineated. For instance, in the Tallaght local office – in County Dublin – there may be registered persons from the Blessington area – in Co Wicklow.
The number of persons registered for unemployment assistance in the Tallaght local office, as requested by the Deputy for the period of the last 12 months, is set out in the following table:
Persons on the Live Register in Tallagt Local Office in the period November 2001 to November 2002 inclusive.
|
Month |
Unemployment Benefit |
UnemploymentAssistance |
Others |
Total |
|
November 02 |
1,511 |
1,450 |
66 |
3,027 |
|
October 02 |
1,555 |
1,438 |
69 |
3,062 |
|
September 02 |
1,614 |
1,512 |
82 |
3,208 |
|
August 02 |
1,797 |
1,559 |
100 |
3,456 |
|
July 02 |
1,826 |
1,553 |
107 |
3,486 |
|
June 02 |
1,671 |
1,521 |
83 |
3,275 |
|
May 02 |
1,527 |
1,492 |
90 |
3,109 |
|
April 02 |
1,544 |
1,518 |
86 |
3,148 |
|
March 02 |
1,622 |
1,528 |
98 |
3,248 |
|
February 02 |
1,560 |
1,518 |
91 |
3,169 |
|
January 02 |
1,564 |
1,499 |
93 |
3,156 |
|
December 01 |
1,350 |
1,446 |
86 |
2,882 |
|
Noverber 01 |
1,310 |
1,381 |
94 |
2,785 |