Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 November 2016
100. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on the live register with construction-related skills and or experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33177/16]
View answerAt the end of September there were 286,490 people on the Live Register (published by the Central Statistics Office at www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/lr/liveregisterseptember2016/).
My records show that 55,075 (19.2%) of those people stated at the time of making their Live Register claim that their principal skills and/or experience related to Construction, Woodwork, Metal and Related Industries.
