Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 July 2008
354 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the live register figures by nationality and by duration of period on the live register at intervals of three months. [28416/08]
View answerA breakdown by duration on the live register (by age and gender) is published twice yearly by the CSO. The data is provided by the Department and details, by scheme, as at 18th April 2008 are given in Table 1 below.
While details of nationality are captured in the claim-taking process, they are not recorded in a manner that facilitates a breakdown by duration on the live register.
Details of the numbers on the live register by nationality at 30th May 2008 are however are presented in Table 2 below.
|
Scheme |
Age |
<3m |
3-6mths |
6-12mths |
1-2 yrs |
2-3yrs |
>3yrs |
Totals |
|
JA |
<20 |
3,620 |
1,739 |
1,765 |
999 |
8,123 |
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|
JA |
20-24 |
6,439 |
3,008 |
3,411 |
2,998 |
1,761 |
1,657 |
19,274 |
|
JA |
25-34 |
8,712 |
3,944 |
4,420 |
4,001 |
2,270 |
4,469 |
27,816 |
|
JA |
35-44 |
5,626 |
2,357 |
2,946 |
3,051 |
1,942 |
4,839 |
20,761 |
|
JA |
45-54 |
3,835 |
1,371 |
1,813 |
2,310 |
1,670 |
5,536 |
16,535 |
|
JA |
55-59 |
1,397 |
378 |
538 |
689 |
465 |
1,684 |
5,151 |
|
JA |
60-64 |
860 |
231 |
335 |
336 |
229 |
889 |
2,880 |
|
JA Total |
30,489 |
13,028 |
15,228 |
14,384 |
8,337 |
19,074 |
100,540 |
|
|
JB |
<20 |
757 |
231 |
96 |
4 |
1,088 |
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|
JB |
20-24 |
7,870 |
2,794 |
1,703 |
86 |
2 |
12,455 |
|
|
JB |
25-34 |
16,352 |
5,800 |
4,514 |
809 |
3 |
1 |
27,479 |
|
JB |
35-44 |
11,129 |
3,984 |
3,752 |
938 |
6 |
19,809 |
|
|
JB |
45-54 |
8,576 |
2,765 |
2,550 |
678 |
7 |
14,576 |
|
|
JB |
55-59 |
3,301 |
1,159 |
1,069 |
302 |
5 |
5,836 |
|
|
JB |
60-64 |
2,556 |
948 |
1,048 |
359 |
1 |
4,912 |
|
|
JB Total |
50,541 |
17,681 |
14,732 |
3,176 |
24 |
1 |
86,155 |
|
|
JBCO |
<20 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
28 |
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|
JBCO |
20-24 |
68 |
25 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
116 |
|
|
JBCO |
25-34 |
233 |
110 |
140 |
115 |
46 |
48 |
692 |
|
JBCO |
35-44 |
411 |
279 |
381 |
424 |
203 |
515 |
2,213 |
|
JBCO |
45-54 |
411 |
276 |
385 |
405 |
269 |
726 |
2472 |
|
JBCO |
55-59 |
364 |
277 |
382 |
361 |
185 |
323 |
1,892 |
|
JBCO |
60-64 |
441 |
393 |
516 |
431 |
201 |
298 |
2,280 |
|
JBCO Total |
1,950 |
1,364 |
1,820 |
1,744 |
905 |
1,910 |
9,693 |
|
|
Grand Total |
82,980 |
32,073 |
31,780 |
19,304 |
9,266 |
20,985 |
196,388 |
JA = Jobseeker's Allowance
JB = Jobseeker's Benefit
JBCO = Credits only
Table 2 below shows numbers on live register by nationality at 30th May 2008.
The countries are grouped as follows:
Non-EU; Countries outside EU
AC 12; 12 States that joined EU in or since 2004
EU 13; Original EU states (excluding Ireland and UK)
UK; Includes England, Scotland and Wales
The total for each grouping is shown separately.
|
Country |
No. |
Country |
No. |
Country |
No. |
Country |
No. |
|
Afghanistan |
60 |
Croatia |
71 |
Macao |
4 |
Somalia |
259 |
|
Albania |
94 |
Cuba |
10 |
Macedonia |
1 |
South Africa |
142 |
|
Algeria |
233 |
Dominican Republic |
1 |
Malawi |
3 |
Sri Lanka |
10 |
|
American Samoa |
1 |
Ecuador |
4 |
Malaysia |
22 |
St Kitts and Nevis |
1 |
|
Angola |
149 |
Egypt |
44 |
Maldives |
10 |
Sudan |
217 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
1 |
El Salvador |
17 |
Mauritania |
4 |
Suirinam |
1 |
|
Argentina |
11 |
Eritrea |
34 |
Mauritus |
11 |
Swaziland |
2 |
|
Armenia |
16 |
Ethiopia |
26 |
Mexico |
9 |
Switzerland |
11 |
|
Australia |
62 |
Gabon |
1 |
Moldova |
212 |
Syria |
21 |
|
Azerbaijan |
2 |
Gambia |
10 |
Mongolia |
8 |
Taiwan |
1 |
|
Bahamas |
1 |
Georgia |
59 |
Morocco |
39 |
Tajikistan |
2 |
|
Bangladesh |
52 |
Ghana |
98 |
Mozambique |
1 |
Tanzania |
2 |
|
Barbados |
1 |
Guatemala |
1 |
Myanmar |
1 |
Thailand |
27 |
|
Belarus |
45 |
Guinea |
12 |
Namibia |
2 |
Togo |
33 |
|
Belize |
1 |
Guyana |
2 |
Nepal |
4 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
1 |
|
Benin |
7 |
Honduras |
1 |
Netherlands Antilles |
1 |
Tunisia |
16 |
|
Bolivia |
2 |
Hong Kong |
6 |
New Zealand |
26 |
Turkey |
65 |
|
Bosnia |
52 |
Iceland |
3 |
Nicaragua |
1 |
Uganda |
16 |
|
Brazil |
117 |
India |
52 |
Niger |
5 |
Ukraine |
223 |
|
British Indian Ocean |
1 |
Indonesia |
5 |
Nigeria |
1701 |
UAE |
1 |
|
Burkina Faso Upper |
1 |
Iran |
131 |
Norway |
15 |
United Sts Minor outlying Islands |
1 |
|
Burma |
30 |
Iraq |
168 |
Pakistan |
125 |
USA |
297 |
|
Burundi |
7 |
Israel |
13 |
Palestine |
29 |
Uzbekistan |
15 |
|
Cambodia/Kampucia |
1 |
Ivory Coast |
40 |
Panama |
2 |
Vanuatu |
1 |
|
Cameroon |
106 |
Jamaica |
6 |
Paraguay |
1 |
Venezuela |
4 |
|
Canada |
56 |
Japan |
7 |
Peru |
3 |
Vietnam |
74 |
|
Cetral African Rep |
1 |
Jordan |
8 |
Philippines |
86 |
Yemen |
1 |
|
Chad |
4 |
Kazakhstan |
31 |
Republic of Korea |
5 |
Yugoslavia |
18 |
|
Chechnya |
15 |
Kenya |
30 |
Russia |
248 |
Zaire |
44 |
|
Chile |
8 |
Kosovo |
118 |
Rwanda |
20 |
Zambia |
21 |
|
China |
101 |
Kuwait |
23 |
Saudi Arabia |
3 |
Zimbabwe |
58 |
|
Colombia |
6 |
Kyrgyzstan |
7 |
Serbia |
9 |
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|
Comors |
5 |
Lebanon |
8 |
Seychelles & Dep |
1 |
||
|
Congo |
355 |
Liberia |
10 |
Sierra Leone |
60 |
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|
Costa Rica |
1 |
Libya |
69 |
Singapore |
1 |
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|
Non EU Countries Total |
6,989 |
|
Country |
No. |
|
|
Bulgaria |
87 |
AC12 |
|
Cyprus |
4 |
AC12 |
|
Czech Republic |
635 |
AC12 |
|
Estonia |
232 |
AC12 |
|
Hungary |
242 |
AC12 |
|
Latvia |
1,491 |
AC12 |
|
Lithuania |
2,828 |
AC12 |
|
Malta |
18 |
AC12 |
|
Poland |
7,521 |
AC12 |
|
Romania |
755 |
AC12 |
|
Slovakia |
917 |
AC12 |
|
Slovenia |
8 |
AC12 |
|
AC 12 Total |
14,738 |
AC12 |
|
Austria |
38 |
EU13 |
|
Belgium &Luxembourg |
60 |
EU13 |
|
Denmark |
26 |
EU13 |
|
Finland |
25 |
EU13 |
|
France |
369 |
EU13 |
|
Germany |
429 |
EU13 |
|
Greece |
29 |
EU13 |
|
Italy |
282 |
EU13 |
|
Luxembourg |
8 |
EU13 |
|
Netherlands |
186 |
EU13 |
|
Portugal |
168 |
EU13 |
|
Spain |
281 |
EU13 |
|
Sweden |
44 |
EU13 |
|
EU 13 TOTAL |
1,945 |
EU13 |
|
England |
1,793 |
UK |
|
Northern Ireland |
461 |
UK |
|
Scotland |
325 |
UK |
|
United Kingdom |
6,956 |
UK |
|
Wales |
65 |
UK |
|
UK TOTAL |
9,600 |
UK |
|
Ireland |
168,484 |
IRL |
|
TOTAL |
201,756 |
Live register |
