Ned O'Keeffe
Question:107 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Taoiseach the number of unemployed persons at a location (details supplied) in County Cork in 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004. [14685/04]
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The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled at a regional level from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 10,600 people classified as unemployed in the south west region in the September to November quarter of 2003. The south west region consists of Cork City, Cork county and Kerry. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the quarterly national household survey.
Figures for the south west region from 2002 to 2003 inclusive, from the quarterly national household survey, Q1 2002 to Q4 2003, are as follows:
|
’000 |
% |
|
|
December-February 2002 |
11.4 |
4.5 |
|
March-May 2002 |
10.3 |
4.1 |
|
June-August 2002 |
11.9 |
4.5 |
|
September-November 2002 |
11.7 |
4.6 |
|
December-February 2003 |
11.0 |
4.4 |
|
March-May 2003 |
11.3 |
4.4 |
|
June-August 2003 |
12.7 |
4.8 |
|
September-November 2003 |
10.6 |
4.1 |
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. A breakdown by postal district is not available. The most recent information available is for April 2004. It should be noted that 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. The exact area covered by each local office is not limited to the immediate locality of the particular office. For instance, in the Tallaght local office there may be registered persons from the Blessington area.
Persons from the Mitchelstown area normally register in the local office in Fermoy. Thus we cannot provide a separate set of data for the area requested but only list the figures for the Fermoy office which are as follows:
|
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
|
|
January |
814 |
819 |
890 |
|
February |
801 |
768 |
861 |
|
March |
749 |
737 |
820 |
|
April |
699 |
769 |
795 |
|
May |
689 |
742 |
|
|
June |
742 |
818 |
|
|
July |
782 |
870 |
|
|
August |
807 |
897 |
|
|
September |
733 |
831 |
|
|
October |
741 |
833 |
|
|
November |
796 |
841 |
|
|
December |
822 |
864 |
|
|
Average |
765 |
816 |