Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 February 2015
182. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has estimates of the number of persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test and are therefore not included in the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4439/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Social Protection does not have estimates of the number of persons who are unemployed and who are not in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test.
Unemployment is officially measured by the Central Statistics Office on a quarterly basis in the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) and the latest estimated number of persons unemployed as of the third quarter of 2014 was 245,500. The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) or Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA). It also includes persons who are signing for Social Insurance credit purposes and are out of work.
