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Wednesday, 27 September 2006

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Jerry Cowley

Question:

215 Dr. Cowley asked the Taoiseach the live register figures for each of the areas of Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Ennistymon and Tulla in 2004, 2005 and for the first six months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28153/06]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available as there is currently no Department of Social and Family Affairs Local/Branch Office in Shannon, Co. Clare. The Live Register figures for all the Local/Branch Offices in Co. Clare for each month from 2004 to date are set out in the table below.

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 August 2006. 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 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.

Live Register Co. Clare and Offices, 2004 to August 2006

Persons
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
County Clare total
2004	4,349	4,281	4,160	4,029	3,835	3,848	4,028	4,064	3,689	3,734	3,714	3,851	3,965
2005	3,993	3,984	3,914	3,679	3,592	3,719	3,922	3,901	3,600	3,670	3,771	3,945	3,808
2006	4,063	4,007	3,840	3,703	3,568	3,858	4,099	4,091
Ennis Office total
2004	2,529	2,508	2,445	2,375	2,273	2,300	2,446	2,443	2,237	2,245	2,190	2,244	2,353
2005	2,360	2,349	2,315	2,169	2,141	2,264	2,374	2,365	2,212	2,189	2,216	2,283	2,270
2006	2,371	2,335	2,272	2,215	2,174	2,348	2,523	2,521
Ennistymon Office total
2004	731	700	670	633	594	591	597	604	544	561	596	629	621
2005	641	639	626	564	527	519	549	542	494	549	589	637	573
2006	660	649	606	552	516	545	571	564
Kilrush Office total
2004	649	638	629	625	588	584	599	623	547	567	569	600	602
2005	600	594	571	571	550	560	594	591	525	558	572	604	574
2006	614	612	561	543	529	552	579	584
Tulla Office total
2004	440	435	416	396	380	373	386	394	361	361	359	378	390
2005	392	402	402	375	374	376	405	403	369	374	394	421	391
2006	418	411	401	393	349	413	426	422

Source: Live Register, Central Statistics Office.