Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2003

Vol. 561 No. 1

Written Answers. - Live Register.

Phil Hogan

Question:

199 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the monthly change in the live register and the number of redundancies notified since January 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3647/03]

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ms Harney):

This is primarily a matter for the Department of the Taoiseach which has responsibility for the Central Statistics Office. The following figures were obtained from the CSO:

Live Register Monthly changes Total Unadjusted Series

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2002	7,554	2,377	85	6,015	-1,293	9,333	7,821	1,465	12,131	3,726	930	7,506
2003	4,559

Live Register Monthly changes Total Adjusted Series

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2002	3,600	3,800	3,700	5,300	2,700	2,400	1,600	200	1,400	400	900	300
2003	2,300

Redundancies Notified in period January 2002 to January 2003 inclusive

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2002	1,928	2,097	1,638	2,592	3,018	2,230	2,355	1,522	1,561	1,783	2,532	1,779
2003	2,155