Denis Naughten
Ceist:103 Mr. Naughten asked the Taoiseach the CSO unemployment figures for County Roscommon in each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31683/03]
Vol. 577 No. 4
103 Mr. Naughten asked the Taoiseach the CSO unemployment figures for County Roscommon in each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31683/03]
The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics show that there were 10,700 people classified as unemployed in the west region in the June to August quarter of 2003. The west region consists of County Roscommon, County Mayo and Galway city and county. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the Quarterly National Household Survey.
Figures for the west region from 1997 to 2003, inclusive, from the 1997 Annual Labour Force Survey and for quarter two of the Quarterly National Household Survey from 1998 to 2003 are:
Number of persons (thousands) aged 15 years and over unemployed (ILO) in the West Region
Region |
Year |
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
West |
14.3 |
9.8 |
8.3 |
8.5 |
7.0 |
9.4 |
7.8 |
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Average |
1997 |
2,114 |
2,186 |
2,135 |
2,013 |
1,981 |
2,091 |
2,128 |
2,092 |
2,003 |
2,038 |
2,036 |
2,068 |
2,074 |
1998 |
2,022 |
2,011 |
1,954 |
1,998 |
1,921 |
1,901 |
2,010 |
2,045 |
1,905 |
1,878 |
1,809 |
1,994 |
1,954 |
1999 |
1,957 |
1,923 |
1,851 |
1,755 |
1,777 |
1,885 |
2,003 |
2,046 |
1,930 |
1,805 |
1,767 |
1,876 |
1,881 |
2000 |
1,914 |
1,830 |
1,742 |
1,746 |
1,627 |
1,706 |
1,741 |
1,719 |
1,587 |
1,543 |
1,508 |
1,528 |
1,683 |
2001 |
1,527 |
1,485 |
1,460 |
1,440 |
1,372 |
1,466 |
1,528 |
1,535 |
1,408 |
1,367 |
1,385 |
1,502 |
1,456 |
2002 |
1,569 |
1,545 |
1,534 |
1,482 |
1,477 |
1,564 |
1,627 |
1,657 |
1,472 |
1,438 |
1,435 |
1,513 |
1,526 |
2003 |
1,519 |
1,477 |
1,422 |
1,420 |
1,372 |
1,493 |
1,569 |
1,611 |
1,379 |
1,349 |
1,316 |
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Average |
1997 |
548 |
565 |
567 |
526 |
531 |
566 |
568 |
569 |
560 |
557 |
553 |
568 |
557 |
1998 |
543 |
550 |
537 |
545 |
534 |
557 |
571 |
556 |
533 |
526 |
530 |
553 |
545 |
1999 |
545 |
547 |
514 |
519 |
534 |
559 |
613 |
633 |
588 |
552 |
527 |
552 |
557 |
2000 |
553 |
535 |
522 |
525 |
490 |
522 |
526 |
527 |
486 |
471 |
455 |
457 |
506 |
2001 |
470 |
459 |
446 |
437 |
415 |
438 |
441 |
440 |
390 |
383 |
373 |
400 |
424 |
2002 |
422 |
405 |
408 |
409 |
407 |
424 |
443 |
447 |
384 |
360 |
379 |
392 |
407 |
2003 |
397 |
378 |
355 |
369 |
354 |
382 |
421 |
438 |
372 |
371 |
371 |
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Average |
1997 |
1,160 |
1,126 |
1,139 |
1,087 |
1,072 |
1,120 |
1,146 |
1,111 |
1,054 |
1,108 |
1,125 |
1,137 |
1,115 |
1998 |
1,125 |
1,129 |
1,098 |
1,135 |
1,063 |
985 |
1,057 |
1,089 |
1,016 |
1,001 |
922 |
1,061 |
1,057 |
1999 |
1,053 |
1,020 |
994 |
925 |
936 |
993 |
1,028 |
1,027 |
987 |
926 |
904 |
956 |
979 |
2000 |
995 |
965 |
893 |
901 |
834 |
854 |
866 |
840 |
761 |
728 |
706 |
697 |
837 |
2001 |
694 |
696 |
689 |
704 |
682 |
742 |
775 |
765 |
722 |
708 |
729 |
789 |
725 |
2002 |
816 |
780 |
760 |
726 |
729 |
770 |
797 |
806 |
731 |
704 |
694 |
766 |
757 |
2003 |
745 |
721 |
695 |
710 |
683 |
749 |
756 |
755 |
672 |
648 |
624 |
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Average |
1997 |
406 |
495 |
429 |
400 |
378 |
405 |
414 |
412 |
389 |
373 |
358 |
363 |
402 |
1998 |
354 |
332 |
319 |
318 |
324 |
359 |
382 |
400 |
356 |
351 |
357 |
380 |
353 |
1999 |
359 |
356 |
343 |
311 |
307 |
333 |
362 |
386 |
355 |
327 |
336 |
368 |
345 |
2000 |
366 |
330 |
327 |
320 |
303 |
330 |
349 |
352 |
340 |
344 |
347 |
374 |
340 |
2001 |
363 |
330 |
325 |
299 |
275 |
286 |
312 |
330 |
296 |
276 |
283 |
313 |
307 |
2002 |
331 |
360 |
366 |
347 |
341 |
370 |
387 |
404 |
357 |
374 |
362 |
355 |
363 |
2003 |
377 |
378 |
372 |
341 |
335 |
362 |
392 |
418 |
335 |
330 |
321 |