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Dáil Éireann - Volume 608 - 25 October, 2005

Written Answers. - Live Register.

Cecilia Keaveney Cecilia Keaveney

211. Cecilia Keaveney asked the Taoiseach if the live register figure for County Donegal is at its lowest point in over ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30205/05]

Mr. Kitt Mr. Kitt

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Mr. Kitt:The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemploy[832] ment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and local office. The most recent information available is for September 2005. It should be noted that the live register is not a definitive measure of unemployment as it includes part-time workers, seasonal and casual workers entitled to unemployment assistance or benefit. Statistics on unemployment are measured at regional level by the quarterly national household survey. In addition, the exact area covered by each local office is not limited to the immediate locality of the particular office. For instance, in the Tallaght local office there may be registered persons from the Blessington area.

The live register figures for County Donegal for the period 1995 to 2005 as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. The September 2005 figure is the lowest figure in the period since January 1995:

Live Register for County Donegal 1995 to 2005.
Live Register County Donegal total.
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July
1995	12,282	11,850	11,936	12,072	11,865	12,205	12,552
1996	12,913	12,957	12,563	12,761	12,584	12,921	13,393
1997	12,670	12,737	12,548	12,344	12,273	12,719	12,943
1998	12,719	12,512	12,109	12,282	12,086	12,549	12,634
1999	12,144	11,966	11,623	11,501	11,469	11,907	12,293
2000	11,642	11,413	10,980	10,830	10,365	10,652	10,705
2001	10,160	10,008	9,969	9,861	9,856	10,263	10,441
2002	10,182	10,133	10,108	9,729	9,899	10,364	10,605
2003	10,048	10,013	9,964	10,111	9,882	10,680	10,907
2004	10,331	10,246	10,037	9,662	9,576	10,146	10,473
2005	9,590	9,304	9,073	8,846	8,790	9,103	9,516

Year	August	September	October	November	December	Average
1995	12,359	12,308	12,394	12,438	13,127	12,282
1996	13,051	12,784	12,469	12,473	12,981	12,821
1997	13,001	12,742	12,313	12,365	12,927	12,632
1998	12,565	12,094	11,772	11,469	13,485	12,356
1999	12,224	11,971	11,532	11,431	11,699	11,813
2000	10,622	10,003	9,862	9,837	10,088	10,583
2001	10,297	9,620	9,558	9,549	9,896	9,957
2002	10,499	9,663	9,355	9,418	9,897	9,988
2003	10,931	10,187	9,975	9,923	10,149	10,231
2004	10,374	9,432	9,079	9,088	9,440	9,824
2005	9,508	8,586
Source:Live Register Analysis, Central Statistics Office.

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