Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 January 2014
382. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the most recent unemployment figures for Loughrea, County Galway; the groups or categories of persons who qualify as unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2846/14]
View answerInformation relating to a claimant's address is not currently coded to the geographical location of the address. As such it is not possible to accurately report persons on the live register living in a particular area at present. However, the number of persons on the live register in the Loughrea Social Welfare Local Office at the end of December 2013 was 2,219.
The jobseeker's allowance scheme provides income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative employment. The qualifying conditions for the scheme include that a person must be capable of, available for and genuinely seeking full-time work. Generally, a person is entitled to jobseeker's allowance where they are fully unemployed for at least 4 days in any period of 7 consecutive days and satisfy a means test. Full details in relation to the scheme are available on www.welfare.ie.
