Cecilia Keaveney
Ceist:95 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for each of the exchanges in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22163/99]
Written Answers. - Unemployment Figures.
Cecilia Keaveney
Ceist:96 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Taoiseach the percentage of unemployment in each of the exchanges in County Donegal for the first half of 1999, the second half of 1998 and compared to the national statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together.
The numbers of persons on the live register in each exchange in Donegal, and in the State overall, in each month from July 1998 to June 1999 are set out in the following table:
Persons on the Live Register
|
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
|
|
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
|
|
State |
232,813 |
230,494 |
219,174 |
212,459 |
207,174 |
215,752 |
214,014 |
207,611 |
201,234 |
196,548 |
192,230 |
195,519 |
|
Co. Donegal |
12,634 |
12,565 |
12,094 |
11,772 |
11,469 |
13,485 |
12,144 |
11,966 |
11,623 |
11,501 |
11,469 |
11,907 |
|
Ballybofey |
1,631 |
1,646 |
1,609 |
1,572 |
1,545 |
1,718 |
1,592 |
1,632 |
1,585 |
1,558 |
1,536 |
1,591 |
|
Ballyshannon |
740 |
743 |
742 |
712 |
740 |
738 |
774 |
770 |
756 |
737 |
717 |
710 |
|
Buncrana |
2,436 |
2,403 |
2,302 |
2,240 |
2,154 |
3,058 |
2,274 |
2,199 |
2,087 |
2,033 |
2,029 |
2,198 |
|
Donegal |
670 |
669 |
643 |
639 |
632 |
677 |
679 |
657 |
630 |
631 |
636 |
632 |
|
Dunfanaghy |
946 |
946 |
918 |
904 |
924 |
978 |
917 |
910 |
858 |
856 |
830 |
838 |
|
Dungloe |
1,769 |
1,757 |
1,652 |
1,641 |
1,574 |
1,819 |
1,711 |
1,671 |
1,621 |
1,602 |
1,647 |
1,701 |
|
Killybegs |
1,365 |
1,351 |
1,305 |
1,154 |
1,060 |
1,213 |
1,292 |
1,251 |
1,236 |
1,244 |
1,262 |
1,292 |
|
Letterkenny |
3,077 |
3,050 |
2,923 |
2,910 |
2,840 |
3,284 |
2,905 |
2,876 |
2,850 |
2,840 |
2,812 |
2,945 |
The live register is not designed to measure the level or rate of unemployment. Definitive statistics on the number of persons unemployed, in the context of the overall population and labour force, are based on the Quarterly National Household Survey. Results from this survey are compiled at regional level and the relevant figures for the Border region and the State since the second quarter of 1998 are set out in the following table:
|
Border Region |
State |
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|
Quarter |
Unemployed |
UnemploymentRate (%) |
Unemployed('000) |
Unemployment Rate % |
||
|
Q2/1998 |
16,900 |
10.4 |
126,600 |
7.8 |
||
|
Q3/1998 |
15,700 |
9.4 |
128,900 |
7.6 |
||
|
Q4/1998 |
14,700 |
8.9 |
106,000 |
6.4 |
||
|
Q1/1999 |
13,900 |
8.4 |
95,100 |
5.8 |
||
|
Q2/1999 |
14,900 |
8.7 |
96,900 |
5.7 |