Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 24 Oct 1995

Vol. 457 No. 4

Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefit

Jim Mitchell

Ceist:

59 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the total number of claimants of unemployment benefit, unemployment assistance and pre-retirement allowances and credits with addresses in Inchicore, Dublin 8; and the percentage of the total work force in the area represented by the aggregate of these figures. [15272/95]

The Taoiseach

The information from the live register requested by the Deputy is not available in respect of postal districts.

The most recently available information on unemployment rates for small areas comes from the 1991 Census of Population. The following table shows, for the Wards of Inchicore A and Inchicore B, the numbers of persons aged 15 years or over whose principal economic status was at work or unemployed in 1991 and the percentage of the Labour Force who were unemployed.

Ward	Persons at work	Unemployed	Labour Force	Unemployed as % of Labour Force
Inchicore A	795	221	1,016	21.8%
Inchicore B	557	247	804	30.7%