Unemployment Levels.

Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Questions (142)

Seán Crowe

Question:

222 Mr. Crowe asked the Taoiseach the unemployment statistics and figures within County Donegal, particularly within the Milford electoral area for the past ten years. [33035/06]

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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. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the Quarterly National Household Survey. There are eight regions in the State; Border, Midland, West, Dublin, Mid-East, Mid-West, South-East and South-West. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the Quarterly National Household Survey.

However, the Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Unemployment Assistance, Unemployment Benefit and other registrants as 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 September 2006.

The Live Register figures for all the Local/ Branch Offices in Co. Donegal for each month from 1997 to date are set out in the following table.

Live Register totals for State, County Donegal and Co. Donegal Local Offices, 1997 to date

Live Register State total
Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	268,890	264,310	262,414	255,463	248,114	254,863	259,041	258,473	249,328	243,961	239,960	247,730	254,379
1998	246,527	241,771	234,782	231,327	223,941	228,937	232,813	230,494	219,174	212,459	207,174	215,752	227,096
1999	214,014	207,611	201,234	196,548	192,230	195,519	200,559	198,670	186,183	177,945	171,786	176,539	193,237
2000	176,162	172,093	163,489	161,796	152,871	156,753	159,914	159,026	144,932	139,189	136,962	141,586	155,398
2001	142,071	139,515	135,885	136,561	133,691	140,865	147,101	149,439	140,550	141,835	147,121	152,406	142,253
2002	159,960	162,337	162,252	156,237	154,944	164,277	172,098	173,563	161,432	157,706	158,636	166,142	162,465
2003	170,701	171,394	168,059	170,940	166,105	177,852	185,447	185,953	170,822	166,552	164,541	170,604	172,414
2004	174,529	173,127	168,880	164,660	161,972	168,952	177,501	175,816	160,466	155,476	151,966	158,816	166,013
2005	160,543	158,649	157,675	151,619	150,826	159,300	168,509	169,393	153,335	149,644	150,073	155,833	157,117
2006	160,139	159,617	155,543	154,566	152,560	163,059	168,946	169,614	152,307

Live Register County Donegal total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	12,670	12,737	12,548	12,344	12,273	12,719	12,943	13,001	12,742	12,313	12,365	12,927	12,632
1998	12,719	12,512	12,109	12,282	12,086	12,549	12,634	12,565	12,094	11,772	11,469	13,485	12,356
1999	12,144	11,966	11,623	11,501	11,469	11,907	12,293	12,224	11,971	11,532	11,431	11,699	11,813
2000	11,642	11,413	10,980	10,830	10,365	10,652	10,705	10,622	10,003	9,862	9,837	10,088	10,583
2001	10,160	10,008	9,969	9,861	9,856	10,263	10,441	10,297	9,620	9,558	9,549	9,896	9,957
2002	10,182	10,133	10,108	9,729	9,899	10,364	10,605	10,499	9,663	9,355	9,418	9,897	9,988
2003	10,048	10,013	9,964	10,111	9,882	10,680	10,907	10,931	10,187	9,975	9,923	10,149	10,231
2004	10,331	10,246	10,037	9,662	9,576	10,146	10,473	10,374	9,432	9,079	9,088	9,440	9,824
2005	9,590	9,304	9,073	8,846	8,790	9,103	9,516	9,508	8,586	8,322	8,202	8,637	8,956
2006	8,780	8,744	8,501	8,498	8,407	9,002	9,318	9,351	8,340

Live Register Ballybofey Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	1,717	1,670	1,628	1,628	1,641	1,710	1,736	1,755	1,712	1,705	1,691	1,675	1,689
1998	1,735	1,656	1,616	1,617	1,564	1,622	1,631	1,646	1,609	1,572	1,545	1,718	1,628
1999	1,592	1,632	1,585	1,558	1,536	1,591	1,598	1,569	1,627	1,597	1,565	1,553	1,584
2000	1,526	1,437	1,337	1,302	1,269	1,288	1,300	1,282	1,202	1,172	1,172	1,154	1,287
2001	1,141	1,185	1,124	1,083	1,134	1,125	1,117	1,080	997	1,015	1,007	1,031	1,087
2002	1,040	1,039	1,019	966	955	1,005	1,034	1,039	953	950	974	968	995
2003	967	975	978	938	905	975	995	983	923	900	850	866	938
2004	890	877	830	812	784	856	924	902	807	767	763	789	833
2005	801	783	775	718	703	710	756	770	708	687	698	729	737
2006	735	740	730	705	722	808	831	879	759

Live Register Ballyshannon Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	857	844	851	789	782	788	772	775	796	788	804	827	806
1998	806	810	770	741	725	734	740	743	742	712	740	738	750
1999	774	770	756	737	717	710	721	701	700	683	682	697	721
2000	696	677	612	595	572	562	567	545	546	529	542	558	583
2001	580	557	567	547	524	527	511	514	476	513	560	570	537
2002	602	601	588	571	549	534	558	537	542	525	562	566	561
2003	570	569	556	540	514	522	506	502	494	494	541	569	531
2004	588	572	549	501	479	490	487	467	439	477	505	534	507
2005	559	521	499	479	465	453	443	442	434	441	464	487	474
2006	498	511	484	478	458	448	463	476	450

Live Register Buncranna Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	2,421	2,406	2,391	2,403	2,344	2,401	2,443	2,475	2,347	2,316	2,343	2,424	2,393
1998	2,439	2,394	2,342	2,323	2,254	2,366	2,436	2,403	2,302	2,240	2,154	3,058	2,393
1999	2,274	2,199	2,087	2,033	2,029	2,198	2,309	2,298	2,201	2,074	2,008	2,041	2,146
2000	2,019	2,082	2,032	2,069	1,919	2,011	2,051	2,024	1,893	1,865	1,965	2,004	1,995
2001	2,030	1,984	1,963	1,924	1,913	2,038	2,111	2,036	1,853	1,780	1,751	1,862	1,937
2002	1,890	1,879	1,892	1,849	1,816	1,918	1,982	1,941	1,760	1,725	1,670	1,814	1,845
2003	1,876	1,864	1,794	1,833	1,832	1,948	2,005	1,978	1,827	1,811	1,764	1,817	1,862
2004	1,821	1,866	1,795	1,708	1,714	1,838	1,964	1,942	1,743	1,703	1,649	1,713	1,788
2005	1,754	1,689	1,696	1,613	1,634	1,717	1,810	1,814	1,617	1,520	1,479	1,555	1,658
2006	1,573	1,585	1,511	1,578	1,584	1,792	1,843	1,825	1,647

Live Register Donegal Town Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	677	696	683	664	648	654	659	692	650	632	622	630	659
1998	650	647	634	642	601	620	670	669	643	639	632	677	644
1999	679	657	630	631	636	632	623	653	606	604	602	610	630
2000	602	579	558	526	504	533	534	535	517	526	529	524	539
2001	545	530	529	524	527	544	558	546	525	522	550	556	538
2002	582	569	566	564	554	556	577	579	535	515	535	552	557
2003	554	551	543	542	515	547	569	579	512	503	498	509	535
2004	519	498	503	468	438	461	487	489	438	434	434	448	468
2005	476	463	433	428	409	445	462	468	399	383	390	421	431
2006	437	441	430	422	419	452	494	486	423

Live Register Donegal Control Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	12
1998	12	11	11	11	11	9	0	0	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0	0	0

Live Register Dunfanaghy Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	1,073	1,054	1,012	977	943	998	1,003	990	981	1,001	1,051	1,092	1,015
1998	1,056	1,022	970	970	914	929	946	946	918	904	924	978	956
1999	917	910	858	856	830	838	903	893	887	864	932	970	888
2000	964	941	888	864	808	814	811	830	810	833	880	921	864
2001	932	936	901	872	845	854	882	903	891	901	941	992	904
2002	1,008	1,022	995	924	946	1,032	994	988	938	913	996	1,064	985
2003	1,079	1,089	1,024	1,016	964	1,049	1,047	1,051	1,014	1,024	1,077	1,094	1,044
2004	1,091	1,069	1,006	964	942	968	965	968	936	903	975	990	981
2005	954	934	878	836	822	840	858	838	775	764	794	836	844
2006	845	821	765	731	711	758	776	783	741

Live Register Dungloe Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	1,728	1,712	1,742	1,706	1,665	1,723	1,782	1,838	1,782	1,717	1,723	1,819	1,745
1998	1,780	1,753	1,705	1,759	1,756	1,800	1,769	1,757	1,652	1,641	1,574	1,819	1,730
1999	1,711	1,671	1,621	1,602	1,647	1,701	1,806	1,743	1,662	1,636	1,696	1,785	1,690
2000	1,731	1,712	1,647	1,608	1,563	1,582	1,540	1,549	1,443	1,449	1,429	1,477	1,561
2001	1,426	1,404	1,468	1,475	1,446	1,519	1,565	1,564	1,482	1,495	1,553	1,675	1,506
2002	1,614	1,585	1,520	1,507	1,615	1,625	1,661	1,629	1,546	1,461	1,484	1,606	1,571
2003	1,566	1,544	1,573	1,608	1,556	1,742	1,793	1,789	1,673	1,614	1,599	1,617	1,640
2004	1,633	1,573	1,561	1,498	1,516	1,569	1,589	1,589	1,476	1,427	1,457	1,479	1,531
2005	1,455	1,436	1,432	1,416	1,409	1,458	1,521	1,506	1,348	1,322	1,309	1,368	1,415
2006	1,361	1,337	1,286	1,269	1,258	1,317	1,357	1,368	1,214

Live Register Killybegs Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	1,040	1,333	1,301	1,234	1,357	1,381	1,410	1,270	1,341	1,073	1,121	1,375	1,270
1998	1,101	1,122	1,062	1,230	1,349	1,414	1,365	1,351	1,305	1,154	1,060	1,213	1,227
1999	1,292	1,251	1,236	1,244	1,262	1,292	1,230	1,249	1,217	1,091	1,054	1,138	1,213
2000	1,189	1,127	1,127	1,124	1,143	1,169	1,179	1,170	1,063	1,042	889	963	1,099
2001	1,025	874	1,031	1,043	1,077	1,112	1,099	1,078	979	961	860	823	997
2002	964	927	1,004	979	1,061	1,086	1,085	1,065	953	875	776	845	968
2003	927	838	967	1,056	1,059	1,114	1,083	1,039	985	854	832	834	966
2004	900	940	1,015	1,030	1,086	1,120	1,109	1,089	1,001	866	839	954	996
2005	1,009	905	870	941	954	985	1,026	1,004	936	885	825	895	936
2006	940	895	967	983	972	981	969	932	847

Live Register Letterkenny Local Office total

Persons
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1997	3,149	3,014	2,932	2,935	2,879	3,050	3,124	3,192	3,118	3,069	2,998	3,073	3,044
1998	3,140	3,097	2,999	2,989	2,912	3,055	3,077	3,050	2,923	2,910	2,840	3,284	3,023
1999	2,905	2,876	2,850	2,840	2,812	2,945	3,103	3,118	3,071	2,983	2,892	2,905	2,942
2000	2,915	2,858	2,779	2,742	2,587	2,693	2,723	2,687	2,529	2,446	2,431	2,487	2,656
2001	2,481	2,538	2,386	2,393	2,390	2,544	2,598	2,576	2,417	2,371	2,327	2,387	2,451
2002	2,482	2,511	2,524	2,369	2,403	2,608	2,714	2,721	2,436	2,391	2,421	2,482	2,505
2003	2,509	2,583	2,529	2,578	2,537	2,783	2,909	3,010	2,759	2,775	2,762	2,843	2,715
2004	2,889	2,851	2,778	2,681	2,617	2,844	2,948	2,928	2,592	2,502	2,466	2,533	2,719
2005	2,582	2,573	2,490	2,415	2,394	2,495	2,640	2,666	2,369	2,320	2,243	2,346	2,461
2006	2,391	2,414	2,328	2,332	2,283	2,446	2,585	2,602	2,259

Source: Live Register Series, Central Statistics Office.

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.