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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 7 Dec 1988

Vol. 385 No. 3

Written Answers. - Unemployment Rate.

50.

asked the Minister for Social Welfare the county outside Dublin which has the highest unemployment rate; the percentage of unemployment there; in respect of Dublin, the areas of the city and county which have the highest unemployment rate; and the percentage of unemployment there.

The information requested by the Deputy, in so far as it is available, is given in the accompanying table. Data on unemployment rates is available on a planning region basis only.

This gives the total labour force, total live register, unemployment rate and percentage of unemployment in each of the planning regions. The region with the highest unemployment rate is the North-West and Donegal at 22.2 per cent, which accounts for 6.8 per cent of the total unemployed.

The unemployment rate in Dublin is 19.6 per cent. A detailed breakdown for the Dublin area is not available. The unemployment rate for the country as a whole in this analysis (August 1988) is 18.4 per cent, based on a total live register of 243,134. The current live register is 234,320.

Following is the table:

Table

Region

Total Labour Force

Total Live Register

Unemployment Rate %

Percentage of total unemployed

Dublin

406,600

79,878

19.6

32.9

East (Excl. Dublin)

114,800

19,559

17.0

8.0

South-West

194,000

33,165

17.0

13.6

South-East

138,400

26,715

19.3

11.0

North-East

73,800

13,877

18.8

5.7

Mid West

116,000

20,679

17.8

8.5

Midlands

94,500

14,013

14.8

5.8

West

106,500

18,670

17.5

7.7

North-West & Donegal

74,600

16,578

22.2

6.8

Total

1,319,200

243,134

18.4

100.0

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Labour Force Survey 1987 and Live Register Area of Residence Analysis, August 1988.

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