Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Questions (172, 175)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

172. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age, by county, in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or signing on for credits for four months or more. [11255/15]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

175. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits for less than 12 months, for 12 to 24 months, for 24 to 36 months, for 36 to 48 months, for 48 to 60 months, and for more than 60 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11258/15]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 175 together.

At the end of February 2015 a total of 42,088 persons under the age of 25 years old were in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits. A breakdown of this number is detailed by scheme, county of local welfare office, and duration in the attached tabular statements.

It should be noted that the county level statistics indicate the number of people signing-on for payment at an office located in the county indicated. As the catchment area of many local offices cross county borders this data is not equivalent to the number of people residing in each county who are signing-on.

Under 25 year old recipients of jobseeker's allowance by duration and county February 2015

	<3mths	3-6mths	6-12mths	12-24mths	>24mths	Grand Total
Carlow	105	136	156	171	189	757
Cavan	84	131	166	166	201	748
Clare	153	205	149	143	239	889
Cork	516	569	565	608	716	2,974
Donegal	325	500	544	555	636	2,560
Dublin	1,762	1,812	1,784	1,938	2,114	9,410
Galway	286	397	362	402	406	1,853
Kerry	244	266	213	234	263	1,220
Kildare	302	321	353	359	437	1,772
Kilkenny	87	144	124	134	142	631
Laois	106	172	173	195	279	925
Leitrim	73	85	59	54	51	322
Limerick	224	322	333	325	468	1,672
Longford	77	93	96	90	120	476
Louth	328	336	376	363	407	1,810
Mayo	176	262	218	212	267	1,135
Meath	117	195	187	195	233	927
Monaghan	72	110	112	101	116	511
Offaly	148	227	227	213	322	1,137
Roscommon	52	57	64	62	100	335
Sligo	112	103	107	87	104	513
Tipperary	218	308	332	404	419	1,681
Waterford	159	253	207	189	218	1,026
Westmeath	150	167	219	291	275	1,102
Wexford	243	363	361	409	555	1,931
Wicklow	218	246	241	198	244	1,147
Grand Total	6,337	7,780	7,728	8,098	9,521	39,464

Under 25 year old recipients of jobseeker's benefit by duration and county February 2015

	<3mths	3-6mths	6-12mths	12-24mths	>24mths	Grand Total
Carlow	21	5	5	1	0	32
Cavan	19	14	2	0	0	35
Clare	31	30	3	2	1	67
Cork	144	60	18	5	0	227
Donegal	66	49	13	4	0	132
Dublin	380	184	53	4	0	621
Galway	78	51	15	3	0	147
Kerry	78	52	5	1	0	136
Kildare	66	30	9	2	0	107
Kilkenny	26	12	1	0	0	39
Laois	22	12	6	0	0	40
Leitrim	5	7	0	0	0	12
Limerick	36	17	7	1	0	61
Longford	15	3	1	0	0	19
Louth	30	28	10	3	0	71
Mayo	42	31	9	4	0	86
Meath	35	19	6	3	0	63
Monaghan	14	7	1	2	0	24
Offaly	28	13	4	2	0	47
Roscommon	7	6	1	0	0	14
Sligo	20	9	4	2	0	35
Tipperary	56	38	9	2	0	105
Waterford	34	23	7	2	0	66
Westmeath	22	10	3	1	0	36
Wexford	55	31	13	4	2	105
Wicklow	45	17	7	0	0	69
Grand Total	1,375	758	212	48	3	2,396

Under 25 year old signing for jobseeker's credits by duration and county February 2015

	<3mths	3-6mths	6-12mths	12-24mths	>24mths	Grand Total
Carlow	2	1		1		4
Cavan	2					2
Clare	1	2				3
Cork	6	5	5	3	3	22
Donegal	3	3	2	1	1	10
Dublin	20	14	14	6	2	56
Galway	2	2	1			5
Kerry	1	3	1	1		6
Kildare	4	2		1	2	9
Kilkenny				1		1
Laois					1	1
Leitrim	1	1	1			3
Limerick	4	1	1	2	1	9
Longford	1		2			3
Louth		2	2	1		5
Mayo	2		3		1	6
Meath	1		1	3		5
Monaghan				2		2
Offaly	2	1	3	3	1	10
Roscommon	1	1	2		1	5
Sligo	1	2				3
Tipperary	6	4	4	4	3	21
Waterford	3	4	2		2	11
Westmeath		1	2	1		4
Wexford	3	4	4	2		13
Wicklow	1	2	3	2	1	9
Grand Total	67	55	53	34	19	228