Live Register Total | Seasonally Adjusted | |
October 2018 | 199,247 | 208,200 |
September 2019 | 183,783 | 188,700 |
October 2019 | 180,459 | 188,700 |
Change in month | - | 0 |
Change in year | - 18,788 | - |
On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register total remains unchanged between September 2019 and October 2019 at 188,700; this is the lowest number recorded in the seasonally adjusted series since February 2008. See table 2(a) and Live Register Series.
In unadjusted terms there were 180,459 persons signing on the Live Register in October 2019. This represents an annual decrease of 18,788 (-9.4%) since October 2018. See table 1(a).
Other features include:
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). Unemployment is measured by the Labour Force Survey. The Monthly Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted) is published in the Monthly Unemployment release. |
Duration | Less than one year | One year or more |
---|---|---|
October 2017 | 134902 | 101590 |
November 2017 | 134304 | 98905 |
December 2017 | 138350 | 97918 |
January 2018 | 139379 | 98007 |
February 2018 | 138770 | 96574 |
March 2018 | 137633 | 94733 |
April 2018 | 130893 | 92709 |
May 2018 | 128805 | 94697 |
June 2018 | 133287 | 94778 |
July 2018 | 140923 | 93522 |
August 2018 | 133189 | 91969 |
September 2018 | 119324 | 86406 |
October 2018 | 116249 | 82998 |
November 2018 | 115704 | 80557 |
December 2018 | 120127 | 79542 |
January 2019 | 120617 | 79010 |
February 2019 | 119521 | 77413 |
March 2019 | 116300 | 76107 |
April 2019 | 118178 | 74940 |
May 2019 | 113629 | 76238 |
June 2019 | 119916 | 77192 |
July 2019 | 129738 | 76658 |
August 2019 | 123288 | 75805 |
September 2019 | 112189 | 71594 |
October 2019 | 111313 | 69146 |
Live Register duration of continuous registration
The number of long term claimants on the Live Register in October 2019 was 69,146. The number of male long term claimants decreased by 8,692 (-17.7%) in the year to October 2019, while females decreased by 5,160 (-15.2%), giving an overall annual decrease of 13,852 (-16.7%) in the number of long term claimants. See table 6 and figure 2.
In October 2019, 61.7% (111,313) of all claimants on the Live Register were short term claimants. The comparable figure for October 2018 was 58.3% (116,249). The annual fall of 4,936 (-4.2%) in the number of short term claimants consisted of a decrease of 2,744 (-4.3%) in the number of male short term claimants and a decrease of 2,192 (-4.1%) in female short term claimants. See table 6.
Live Register casual and part-time workers
There were 35,949 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register in October 2019, which represents 19.9% of the total Live Register. This compares with 20.9% one year earlier when there were 41,653 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register. In the year to October 2019 the number of casual and part-time workers decreased by 5,704 (-13.7%), with the number of males decreasing by 2,989 (-14.7%) and the number of females decreasing by 2,715 (-12.7%). See table 7.
Under 25 years | 25 years and over | |
October 2017 | 26433 | 210059 |
October 2018 | 21055 | 178192 |
October 2019 | 18918 | 161541 |
Live Register age groups
In the year to October 2019 the number of persons aged 25 and over on the Live Register decreased by 16,651 (-9.3%), and the number of persons aged under 25 decreased by 2,137 (-10.1%). Annual decreases in persons aged under 25 have occurred in all months since July 2010. The percentage of persons aged under 25 on the Live Register now stands at 10.5% for October 2019, down from 10.6% in October 2018 and down from 11.2% in October 2017. See tables 2(b) and 2(c) and figure 3.
Live Register new registrants
There were 20,451 new registrants on the Live Register in October 2019, consisting of 9,834 Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) applications, 9,924 Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) claims, and 693 “Other Registrants”. Males accounted for 52.3% (10,688) and females accounted for 47.7% (9,763) of all new registrants. JA applications represented 48.1% of all new registrations, while JB claims and “Other Registrants” represented 48.5% and 3.4% respectively. See table 3.
Live Register last occupation held
Craft and related (16.6%) remained the largest occupational group1 on the Live Register in October 2019. The number in the group fell over the year by 3,635 to 29,942. The Sales group had the largest annual percentage decrease (-15.2%). The Plant and machine operative group had the second largest annual percentage decrease (-13.1%) in October 2019. See table 5 and figure 4.
The two smallest occupational groups in October 2019 were the Managers and administrators and Associate profession and technical groups which accounted for 5.3% and 3.5% of the Live Register respectively. See table 5 and figure 4.
Broad Occupational Group | October 2017 | October 2018 | October 2019 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 11404 | 10333 | 9614 |
2 | 14320 | 12445 | 11973 |
3 | 7725 | 6934 | 6381 |
4 | 24614 | 21589 | 21072 |
5 | 41712 | 33577 | 29942 |
6 | 30669 | 25942 | 23173 |
7 | 24921 | 20528 | 17409 |
8 | 36772 | 30746 | 26703 |
9 | 29356 | 24668 | 22591 |
10 | 14999 | 12485 | 11601 |
KEY | |
1- | Managers and administrators |
2- | Professional |
3- | Associate professional and technical |
4- | Clerical and secretarial |
5- | Craft and related |
6- | Personal and Protective service |
7- | Sales |
8- | Plant and machine operatives |
9- | Other occupation |
10- | No occupation |
Live Register by other classifications
Other points which can be noted include:
1 While the ‘No Occupation’ group is excluded from the analysis its subtotals are included in the relevant calculations presented in the text.
Annex - Activation Programmes
Data up to the end of September 2019 on the number of persons availing of a range of programmes targeted primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and other welfare recipients is provided in the Annex Table A1 – Number of persons availing of Activation Programmes table.
There were 44,360 persons availing of these programmes in September 2019, which is a decrease of 6,256 persons (-12.4%) from the previous year, when there were 50,616 persons in activation programmes.
Persons on activation programmes are not counted as part of the monthly Live Register.
Table 1(a) Total persons on the Live Register | |||||
Category | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change |
Males | |||||
JB Claims | 15,129 | 16,656 | 16,623 | -33 | +1,494 |
JA Applications | 89,164 | 79,927 | 77,448 | -2,479 | -11,716 |
Other Registrants | 8,104 | 6,965 | 6,890 | -75 | -1,214 |
Total | 112,397 | 103,548 | 100,961 | -2,587 | -11,436 |
Females | |||||
JB Claims | 16,836 | 17,235 | 18,453 | +1,218 | +1,617 |
JA Applications | 52,860 | 47,551 | 45,641 | -1,910 | -7,219 |
Other Registrants | 17,154 | 15,449 | 15,404 | -45 | -1,750 |
Total | 86,850 | 80,235 | 79,498 | -737 | -7,352 |
All Persons | |||||
JB Claims | 31,965 | 33,891 | 35,076 | +1,185 | +3,111 |
JA Applications | 142,024 | 127,478 | 123,089 | -4,389 | -18,935 |
Other Registrants | 25,258 | 22,414 | 22,294 | -120 | -2,964 |
Total | 199,247 | 183,783 | 180,459 | -3,324 | -18,788 |
Table 1(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register | |||||
Category | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change |
Males | |||||
JB Claims | 1,029 | 1,271 | 1,212 | -59 | +183 |
JA Applications | 11,306 | 10,626 | 9,932 | -694 | -1,374 |
Other Registrants | 57 | 52 | 55 | +3 | -2 |
Total | 12,392 | 11,949 | 11,199 | -750 | -1,193 |
Females | |||||
JB Claims | 869 | 1,090 | 1,017 | -73 | +148 |
JA Applications | 7,738 | 7,254 | 6,652 | -602 | -1,086 |
Other Registrants | 56 | 49 | 50 | +1 | -6 |
Total | 8,663 | 8,393 | 7,719 | -674 | -944 |
All Persons | |||||
JB Claims | 1,898 | 2,361 | 2,229 | -132 | +331 |
JA Applications | 19,044 | 17,880 | 16,584 | -1,296 | -2,460 |
Other Registrants | 113 | 101 | 105 | +4 | -8 |
Total | 21,055 | 20,342 | 18,918 | -1,424 | -2,137 |
Table 1(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register | |||||
Category | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change |
Males | |||||
JB Claims | 14,100 | 15,385 | 15,411 | +26 | +1,311 |
JA Applications | 77,858 | 69,301 | 67,516 | -1,785 | -10,342 |
Other Registrants | 8,047 | 6,913 | 6,835 | -78 | -1,212 |
Total | 100,005 | 91,599 | 89,762 | -1,837 | -10,243 |
Females | |||||
JB Claims | 15,967 | 16,145 | 17,436 | +1,291 | +1,469 |
JA Applications | 45,122 | 40,297 | 38,989 | -1,308 | -6,133 |
Other Registrants | 17,098 | 15,400 | 15,354 | -46 | -1,744 |
Total | 78,187 | 71,842 | 71,779 | -63 | -6,408 |
All Persons | |||||
JB Claims | 30,067 | 31,530 | 32,847 | +1,317 | +2,780 |
JA Applications | 122,980 | 109,598 | 106,505 | -3,093 | -16,475 |
Other Registrants | 25,145 | 22,313 | 22,189 | -124 | -2,956 |
Total | 178,192 | 163,441 | 161,541 | -1,900 | -16,651 |
Table 2(a) Total persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted | ||||||||
Unadjusted Series | Seasonally Adjusted Series¹ | |||||||
Month | Males | Females | All Persons | Males | Females | All Persons | ||
2017 | October | 135,968 | 100,524 | 236,492 | 141,000 | 105,700 | 246,700 | |
November | 133,959 | 99,250 | 233,209 | 139,000 | 104,800 | 243,700 | ||
December | 135,329 | 100,939 | 236,268 | 136,900 | 103,600 | 240,600 | ||
2018 | January | 136,735 | 100,651 | 237,386 | 135,300 | 102,600 | 238,000 | |
February | 135,333 | 100,011 | 235,344 | 133,800 | 101,600 | 235,400 | ||
March | 132,581 | 99,785 | 232,366 | 131,700 | 100,600 | 232,300 | ||
April | 128,349 | 95,253 | 223,602 | 129,300 | 99,100 | 228,400 | ||
May | 127,699 | 95,803 | 223,502 | 127,000 | 97,900 | 224,900 | ||
June | 126,981 | 101,084 | 228,065 | 124,400 | 96,400 | 220,800 | ||
July | 126,252 | 108,193 | 234,445 | 122,700 | 95,200 | 217,800 | ||
August | 123,354 | 101,804 | 225,158 | 120,600 | 93,800 | 214,400 | ||
September | 115,890 | 89,840 | 205,730 | 118,000 | 92,800 | 210,800 | ||
October | 112,397 | 86,850 | 199,247 | 116,500 | 91,700 | 208,200 | ||
November | 110,836 | 85,425 | 196,261 | 114,900 | 90,600 | 205,500 | ||
December | 112,414 | 87,255 | 199,669 | 113,700 | 89,500 | 203,200 | ||
2019 | January | 113,154 | 86,473 | 199,627 | 111,900 | 88,300 | 200,100 | |
February | 111,317 | 85,617 | 196,934 | 110,100 | 87,100 | 197,200 | ||
March | 109,130 | 83,277 | 192,407 | 108,900 | 86,300 | 195,200 | ||
April | 107,765 | 85,353 | 193,118 | 108,000 | 86,800 | 194,800 | ||
May | 107,018 | 82,849 | 189,867 | 106,600 | 85,000 | 191,600 | ||
June | 108,273 | 88,835 | 197,108 | 106,200 | 84,400 | 190,700 | ||
July | 108,936 | 97,460 | 206,396 | 105,900 | 84,600 | 190,400 | ||
August | 107,849 | 91,244 | 199,093 | 105,400 | 83,700 | 189,200 | ||
September | 103,548 | 80,235 | 183,783 | 105,300 | 83,400 | 188,700 | ||
October | 100,961 | 79,498 | 180,459 | 104,600 | 84,100 | 188,700 | ||
¹ Table contains revised figures |
Table 2(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted | ||||||||
Unadjusted Series | Seasonally Adjusted Series¹ | |||||||
Month | Males | Females | All Persons | Males | Females | All Persons | ||
2017 | October | 15,404 | 11,029 | 26,433 | 16,100 | 11,700 | 27,900 | |
November | 14,615 | 10,336 | 24,951 | 15,800 | 11,400 | 27,200 | ||
December | 14,511 | 10,164 | 24,675 | 15,500 | 11,300 | 26,700 | ||
2018 | January | 15,149 | 10,475 | 25,624 | 15,300 | 11,000 | 26,300 | |
February | 15,143 | 10,504 | 25,647 | 15,100 | 10,800 | 25,900 | ||
March | 14,806 | 10,232 | 25,038 | 14,900 | 10,500 | 25,400 | ||
April | 14,337 | 9,784 | 24,121 | 14,600 | 10,300 | 25,000 | ||
May | 14,489 | 10,146 | 24,635 | 14,400 | 10,200 | 24,600 | ||
June | 14,658 | 10,790 | 25,448 | 14,000 | 9,900 | 23,900 | ||
July | 14,619 | 11,369 | 25,988 | 13,700 | 9,800 | 23,500 | ||
August | 14,583 | 11,050 | 25,633 | 13,500 | 9,600 | 23,000 | ||
September | 13,275 | 9,395 | 22,670 | 13,200 | 9,300 | 22,500 | ||
October | 12,392 | 8,663 | 21,055 | 13,000 | 9,200 | 22,200 | ||
November | 11,832 | 8,180 | 20,012 | 12,800 | 9,100 | 21,900 | ||
December | 11,798 | 8,123 | 19,921 | 12,600 | 9,000 | 21,600 | ||
2019 | January | 12,308 | 8,569 | 20,877 | 12,400 | 9,000 | 21,400 | |
February | 12,244 | 8,624 | 20,868 | 12,200 | 8,800 | 21,000 | ||
March | 12,030 | 8,420 | 20,450 | 12,100 | 8,700 | 20,800 | ||
April | 11,678 | 8,271 | 19,949 | 11,900 | 8,600 | 20,500 | ||
May | 11,891 | 8,456 | 20,347 | 11,800 | 8,500 | 20,300 | ||
June | 12,293 | 9,255 | 21,548 | 11,800 | 8,500 | 20,300 | ||
July | 12,500 | 9,990 | 22,490 | 11,800 | 8,600 | 20,300 | ||
August | 12,726 | 9,745 | 22,471 | 11,800 | 8,400 | 20,200 | ||
September | 11,949 | 8,393 | 20,342 | 11,900 | 8,300 | 20,200 | ||
October | 11,199 | 7,719 | 18,918 | 11,700 | 8,200 | 20,000 | ||
¹ Table contains revised figures |
Table 2(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted | ||||||||
Unadjusted Series | Seasonally Adjusted Series¹ | |||||||
Month | Males | Females | All Persons | Males | Females | All Persons | ||
2017 | October | 120,564 | 89,495 | 210,059 | 124,800 | 94,000 | 218,800 | |
November | 119,344 | 88,914 | 208,258 | 123,200 | 93,400 | 216,500 | ||
December | 120,818 | 90,775 | 211,593 | 121,500 | 92,400 | 213,800 | ||
2018 | January | 121,586 | 90,176 | 211,762 | 120,000 | 91,700 | 211,700 | |
February | 120,190 | 89,507 | 209,697 | 118,700 | 90,800 | 209,600 | ||
March | 117,775 | 89,553 | 207,328 | 116,800 | 90,100 | 206,900 | ||
April | 114,012 | 85,469 | 199,481 | 114,700 | 88,800 | 203,500 | ||
May | 113,210 | 85,657 | 198,867 | 112,700 | 87,700 | 200,400 | ||
June | 112,323 | 90,294 | 202,617 | 110,400 | 86,500 | 196,900 | ||
July | 111,633 | 96,824 | 208,457 | 108,900 | 85,400 | 194,300 | ||
August | 108,771 | 90,754 | 199,525 | 107,100 | 84,300 | 191,300 | ||
September | 102,615 | 80,445 | 183,060 | 104,800 | 83,500 | 188,300 | ||
October | 100,005 | 78,187 | 178,192 | 103,500 | 82,500 | 186,000 | ||
November | 99,004 | 77,245 | 176,249 | 102,100 | 81,500 | 183,600 | ||
December | 100,616 | 79,132 | 179,748 | 101,100 | 80,500 | 181,600 | ||
2019 | January | 100,846 | 77,904 | 178,750 | 99,400 | 79,300 | 178,800 | |
February | 99,073 | 76,993 | 176,066 | 97,900 | 78,300 | 176,200 | ||
March | 97,100 | 74,857 | 171,957 | 96,800 | 77,500 | 174,400 | ||
April | 96,087 | 77,082 | 173,169 | 96,100 | 78,100 | 174,200 | ||
May | 95,127 | 74,393 | 169,520 | 94,800 | 76,500 | 171,300 | ||
June | 95,980 | 79,580 | 175,560 | 94,500 | 75,900 | 170,400 | ||
July | 96,436 | 87,470 | 183,906 | 94,100 | 76,000 | 170,100 | ||
August | 95,123 | 81,499 | 176,622 | 93,700 | 75,300 | 169,000 | ||
September | 91,599 | 71,842 | 163,441 | 93,500 | 75,000 | 168,500 | ||
October | 89,762 | 71,779 | 161,541 | 92,900 | 75,800 | 168,700 | ||
¹ Table contains revised figures |
Table 3 Summary of flows on and off the Live Register¹ | |||||||||||||||
Males | Females | All Claimants | |||||||||||||
Live Register | Joined Live Register | Stayed on Live Register | Left Live Register | Live Register | Joined Live Register | Stayed on Live Register | Left Live Register | Live Register | Joined Live Register | Stayed on Live Register | Left Live Register | ||||
JB Claims | |||||||||||||||
2018 | October | 15,129 | 3,311 | 11,818 | 2,769 | 16,836 | 3,132 | 13,704 | 2,966 | 31,965 | 6,443 | 25,522 | 5,735 | ||
November | 15,549 | 4,117 | 11,432 | 3,149 | 17,110 | 3,923 | 13,187 | 3,172 | 32,659 | 8,040 | 24,619 | 6,321 | |||
December | 16,862 | 3,517 | 13,345 | 1,727 | 19,060 | 3,990 | 15,070 | 1,684 | 35,922 | 7,507 | 28,415 | 3,411 | |||
2019 | January | 17,825 | 4,927 | 12,898 | 3,466 | 18,933 | 4,397 | 14,536 | 4,166 | 36,758 | 9,324 | 27,434 | 7,632 | ||
February | 17,512 | 3,436 | 14,076 | 3,346 | 18,847 | 3,359 | 15,488 | 3,049 | 36,359 | 6,795 | 29,564 | 6,395 | |||
March | 16,891 | 3,098 | 13,793 | 3,290 | 17,672 | 2,541 | 15,131 | 3,310 | 34,563 | 5,639 | 28,924 | 6,600 | |||
April | 17,022 | 3,623 | 13,399 | 3,074 | 19,997 | 5,557 | 14,440 | 2,791 | 37,019 | 9,180 | 27,839 | 5,865 | |||
May | 15,951 | 3,750 | 12,201 | 4,305 | 17,273 | 3,603 | 13,670 | 5,856 | 33,224 | 7,353 | 25,871 | 10,161 | |||
June | 16,588 | 3,686 | 12,902 | 2,678 | 20,997 | 6,487 | 14,510 | 2,272 | 37,585 | 10,173 | 27,412 | 4,950 | |||
July | 17,590 | 4,113 | 13,477 | 2,619 | 27,595 | 9,401 | 18,194 | 2,355 | 45,185 | 13,514 | 31,671 | 4,974 | |||
August | 17,188 | 3,863 | 13,325 | 3,718 | 22,949 | 3,691 | 19,258 | 7,791 | 40,137 | 7,554 | 32,583 | 11,509 | |||
September | 16,656 | 3,818 | 12,838 | 3,908 | 17,235 | 3,184 | 14,051 | 8,522 | 33,891 | 7,002 | 26,889 | 12,430 | |||
October | 16,623 | 4,598 | 12,025 | 4,011 | 18,453 | 5,326 | 13,127 | 3,573 | 35,076 | 9,924 | 25,152 | 7,584 | |||
JA Applications | |||||||||||||||
2018 | October | 89,164 | 5,369 | 83,795 | 9,243 | 52,860 | 3,324 | 49,536 | 6,074 | 142,024 | 8,693 | 133,331 | 15,317 | ||
November | 87,352 | 6,405 | 80,947 | 8,689 | 51,480 | 3,823 | 47,657 | 5,509 | 138,832 | 10,228 | 128,604 | 14,198 | |||
December | 87,729 | 4,166 | 83,563 | 4,208 | 51,554 | 2,645 | 48,909 | 2,815 | 139,283 | 6,811 | 132,472 | 7,023 | |||
2019 | January | 87,617 | 5,972 | 81,645 | 6,545 | 51,268 | 3,888 | 47,380 | 4,471 | 138,885 | 9,860 | 129,025 | 11,016 | ||
February | 86,173 | 4,904 | 81,269 | 6,688 | 50,631 | 3,238 | 47,393 | 4,155 | 136,804 | 8,142 | 128,662 | 10,843 | |||
March | 84,711 | 4,312 | 80,399 | 6,153 | 49,694 | 2,637 | 47,057 | 3,862 | 134,405 | 6,949 | 127,456 | 10,015 | |||
April | 83,248 | 4,109 | 79,139 | 5,930 | 49,283 | 2,990 | 46,293 | 3,700 | 132,531 | 7,099 | 125,432 | 9,630 | |||
May | 83,725 | 7,473 | 76,252 | 7,447 | 49,862 | 5,148 | 44,714 | 4,907 | 133,587 | 12,621 | 120,966 | 12,354 | |||
June | 84,395 | 6,347 | 78,048 | 6,008 | 51,882 | 5,151 | 46,731 | 3,451 | 136,277 | 11,498 | 124,779 | 9,459 | |||
July | 84,082 | 5,004 | 79,078 | 5,748 | 53,325 | 4,624 | 48,701 | 3,476 | 137,407 | 9,628 | 127,779 | 9,224 | |||
August | 83,524 | 5,492 | 78,032 | 6,535 | 52,143 | 3,617 | 48,526 | 5,162 | 135,667 | 9,109 | 126,558 | 11,697 | |||
September | 79,927 | 5,664 | 74,263 | 9,656 | 47,551 | 3,379 | 44,172 | 8,242 | 127,478 | 9,043 | 118,435 | 17,898 | |||
October | 77,448 | 5,895 | 71,553 | 8,905 | 45,641 | 3,939 | 41,702 | 6,205 | 123,089 | 9,834 | 113,255 | 15,110 | |||
Other Registrants | |||||||||||||||
2018 | October | 8,104 | 193 | 7,911 | 353 | 17,154 | 352 | 16,802 | 759 | 25,258 | 545 | 24,713 | 1,112 | ||
November | 7,935 | 199 | 7,736 | 443 | 16,835 | 435 | 16,400 | 926 | 24,770 | 634 | 24,136 | 1,369 | |||
December | 7,823 | 167 | 7,656 | 336 | 16,641 | 342 | 16,299 | 649 | 24,464 | 509 | 23,955 | 985 | |||
2019 | January | 7,712 | 236 | 7,476 | 382 | 16,272 | 308 | 15,964 | 740 | 23,984 | 544 | 23,440 | 1,122 | ||
February | 7,632 | 146 | 7,486 | 290 | 16,139 | 323 | 15,816 | 571 | 23,771 | 469 | 23,302 | 861 | |||
March | 7,528 | 115 | 7,413 | 268 | 15,911 | 234 | 15,677 | 581 | 23,439 | 349 | 23,090 | 849 | |||
April | 7,495 | 162 | 7,333 | 253 | 16,073 | 480 | 15,593 | 462 | 23,568 | 642 | 22,926 | 715 | |||
May | 7,342 | 139 | 7,203 | 354 | 15,714 | 308 | 15,406 | 803 | 23,056 | 447 | 22,609 | 1,157 | |||
June | 7,290 | 126 | 7,164 | 219 | 15,956 | 497 | 15,459 | 425 | 23,246 | 623 | 22,623 | 644 | |||
July | 7,264 | 197 | 7,067 | 283 | 16,540 | 871 | 15,669 | 441 | 23,804 | 1,068 | 22,736 | 724 | |||
August | 7,137 | 155 | 6,982 | 342 | 16,152 | 322 | 15,830 | 895 | 23,289 | 477 | 22,812 | 1,237 | |||
September | 6,965 | 129 | 6,836 | 347 | 15,449 | 263 | 15,186 | 1,072 | 22,414 | 392 | 22,022 | 1,419 | |||
October | 6,890 | 195 | 6,695 | 358 | 15,404 | 498 | 14,906 | 723 | 22,294 | 693 | 21,601 | 1,081 | |||
All Schemes | |||||||||||||||
2018 | October | 112,397 | 8,873 | 103,524 | 12,365 | 86,850 | 6,808 | 80,042 | 9,799 | 199,247 | 15,681 | 183,566 | 22,164 | ||
November | 110,836 | 10,721 | 100,115 | 12,281 | 85,425 | 8,181 | 77,244 | 9,607 | 196,261 | 18,902 | 177,359 | 21,888 | |||
December | 112,414 | 7,850 | 104,564 | 6,271 | 87,255 | 6,977 | 80,278 | 5,148 | 199,669 | 14,827 | 184,842 | 11,419 | |||
2019 | January | 113,154 | 11,135 | 102,019 | 10,393 | 86,473 | 8,593 | 77,880 | 9,377 | 199,627 | 19,728 | 179,899 | 19,770 | ||
February | 111,317 | 8,486 | 102,831 | 10,324 | 85,617 | 6,920 | 78,697 | 7,775 | 196,934 | 15,406 | 181,528 | 18,099 | |||
March | 109,130 | 7,525 | 101,605 | 9,711 | 83,277 | 5,412 | 77,865 | 7,753 | 192,407 | 12,937 | 179,470 | 17,464 | |||
April | 107,765 | 7,894 | 99,871 | 9,257 | 85,353 | 9,027 | 76,326 | 6,953 | 193,118 | 16,921 | 176,197 | 16,210 | |||
May | 107,018 | 11,362 | 95,656 | 12,106 | 82,849 | 9,059 | 73,790 | 11,566 | 189,867 | 20,421 | 169,446 | 23,672 | |||
June | 108,273 | 10,159 | 98,114 | 8,905 | 88,835 | 12,135 | 76,700 | 6,148 | 197,108 | 22,294 | 174,814 | 15,053 | |||
July | 108,936 | 9,314 | 99,622 | 8,650 | 97,460 | 14,896 | 82,564 | 6,272 | 206,396 | 24,210 | 182,186 | 14,922 | |||
August | 107,849 | 9,510 | 98,339 | 10,595 | 91,244 | 7,630 | 83,614 | 13,848 | 199,093 | 17,140 | 181,953 | 24,443 | |||
September | 103,548 | 9,611 | 93,937 | 13,911 | 80,235 | 6,826 | 73,409 | 17,836 | 183,783 | 16,437 | 167,346 | 31,747 | |||
October | 100,961 | 10,688 | 90,273 | 13,274 | 79,498 | 9,763 | 69,735 | 10,501 | 180,459 | 20,451 | 160,008 | 23,775 | |||
1 Flow analysis: inflows and outflows published in this table do not take account of inter-scheme activity within the Live Register. For example, if a claimant exhausts his/her entitlement to JB and opens a new JA claim this is counted as an outflow in JB and an inflow in JA. |
Table 4 Persons on the Live Register classified by region | |||||||
NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions¹ | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change | Under 25 years | 25 years & over |
Males | |||||||
Northern and Western | 22,299 | 20,615 | 20,230 | -385 | -2,069 | 2,123 | 18,107 |
Border | 11,629 | 10,698 | 10,634 | -64 | -995 | 1,197 | 9,437 |
West | 10,670 | 9,917 | 9,596 | -321 | -1,074 | 926 | 8,670 |
Southern | 38,012 | 34,711 | 34,049 | -662 | -3,963 | 3,827 | 30,222 |
Mid-West | 11,888 | 10,836 | 10,669 | -167 | -1,219 | 1,298 | 9,371 |
South-East | 12,721 | 12,050 | 11,724 | -326 | -997 | 1,479 | 10,245 |
South-West | 13,403 | 11,825 | 11,656 | -169 | -1,747 | 1,050 | 10,606 |
Eastern and Midland | 51,997 | 48,036 | 46,478 | -1,558 | -5,519 | 5,207 | 41,271 |
Dublin | 29,092 | 26,758 | 25,874 | -884 | -3,218 | 2,794 | 23,080 |
Mid-East | 14,404 | 13,285 | 12,999 | -286 | -1,405 | 1,488 | 11,511 |
Midland | 8,501 | 7,993 | 7,605 | -388 | -896 | 925 | 6,680 |
Total | 112,397 | 103,548 | 100,961 | -2,587 | -11,436 | 11,199 | 89,762 |
Females | |||||||
Northern and Western | 18,181 | 16,762 | 16,574 | -188 | -1,607 | 1,552 | 15,022 |
Border | 9,408 | 8,621 | 8,484 | -137 | -924 | 909 | 7,575 |
West | 8,773 | 8,141 | 8,090 | -51 | -683 | 643 | 7,447 |
Southern | 29,595 | 26,671 | 26,838 | +167 | -2,757 | 2,740 | 24,098 |
Mid-West | 8,840 | 7,995 | 7,981 | -14 | -859 | 916 | 7,065 |
South-East | 10,080 | 9,379 | 9,363 | -16 | -717 | 1,011 | 8,352 |
South-West | 10,675 | 9,297 | 9,494 | +197 | -1,181 | 813 | 8,681 |
Eastern and Midland | 39,013 | 36,584 | 35,864 | -720 | -3,149 | 3,371 | 32,493 |
Dublin | 19,901 | 18,877 | 18,216 | -661 | -1,685 | 1,582 | 16,634 |
Mid-East | 11,935 | 11,160 | 11,267 | +107 | -668 | 972 | 10,295 |
Midland | 7,177 | 6,547 | 6,381 | -166 | -796 | 817 | 5,564 |
Total | 86,850 | 80,235 | 79,498 | -737 | -7,352 | 7,719 | 71,779 |
All Persons | |||||||
Northern and Western | 40,480 | 37,377 | 36,804 | -573 | -3,676 | 3,675 | 33,129 |
Border | 21,037 | 19,319 | 19,118 | -201 | -1,919 | 2,106 | 17,012 |
West | 19,443 | 18,058 | 17,686 | -372 | -1,757 | 1,569 | 16,117 |
Southern | 67,607 | 61,382 | 60,887 | -495 | -6,720 | 6,567 | 54,320 |
Mid-West | 20,728 | 18,831 | 18,650 | -181 | -2,078 | 2,214 | 16,436 |
South-East | 22,801 | 21,429 | 21,087 | -342 | -1,714 | 2,490 | 18,597 |
South-West | 24,078 | 21,122 | 21,150 | +28 | -2,928 | 1,863 | 19,287 |
Eastern and Midland | 91,010 | 84,620 | 82,342 | -2,278 | -8,668 | 8,578 | 73,764 |
Dublin | 48,993 | 45,635 | 44,090 | -1,545 | -4,903 | 4,376 | 39,714 |
Mid-East | 26,339 | 24,445 | 24,266 | -179 | -2,073 | 2,460 | 21,806 |
Midland | 15,678 | 14,540 | 13,986 | -554 | -1,692 | 1,742 | 12,244 |
Total | 199,247 | 183,783 | 180,459 | -3,324 | -18,788 | 18,918 | 161,541 |
¹ The composition of the regions is described in the Background Notes | |||||||
2 From January 2018, registrations which have yet not being assigned to a DEASP local office of registration are included in the Live Register Totals. These registrations are not included in individual NUTS3/ NUTS2 totals in this table |
Table 5 Persons on the Live Register classified by last held occupation | |||||||
Broad occupational group | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change | Under 25 years | 25 years & over |
Males | |||||||
Managers and administrators | 5,701 | 5,345 | 5,219 | -126 | -482 | 110 | 5,109 |
Professional | 5,350 | 5,223 | 5,001 | -222 | -349 | 256 | 4,745 |
Associate professional and technical | 3,805 | 3,619 | 3,426 | -193 | -379 | 293 | 3,133 |
Clerical and secretarial | 5,588 | 5,268 | 5,304 | +36 | -284 | 463 | 4,841 |
Craft and related | 28,462 | 25,553 | 25,110 | -443 | -3,352 | 2,003 | 23,107 |
Personal and protective service | 8,501 | 7,764 | 7,788 | +24 | -713 | 769 | 7,019 |
Sales | 7,488 | 6,550 | 6,237 | -313 | -1,251 | 1,284 | 4,953 |
Plant and machine operatives | 22,150 | 20,255 | 19,329 | -926 | -2,821 | 2,057 | 17,272 |
Other occupation | 17,967 | 16,855 | 16,631 | -224 | -1,336 | 2,059 | 14,572 |
No occupation¹ | 7,385 | 7,116 | 6,916 | -200 | -469 | 1,905 | 5,011 |
Total | 112,397 | 103,548 | 100,961 | -2,587 | -11,436 | 11,199 | 89,762 |
Females | |||||||
Managers and administrators | 4,632 | 4,498 | 4,395 | -103 | -237 | 74 | 4,321 |
Professional | 7,095 | 6,953 | 6,972 | +19 | -123 | 290 | 6,682 |
Associate professional and technical | 3,129 | 3,021 | 2,955 | -66 | -174 | 159 | 2,796 |
Clerical and secretarial | 16,001 | 14,899 | 15,768 | +869 | -233 | 559 | 15,209 |
Craft and related | 5,115 | 4,985 | 4,832 | -153 | -283 | 538 | 4,294 |
Personal and protective service | 17,441 | 15,436 | 15,385 | -51 | -2,056 | 1,613 | 13,772 |
Sales | 13,040 | 11,655 | 11,172 | -483 | -1,868 | 1,530 | 9,642 |
Plant and machine operatives | 8,596 | 7,705 | 7,374 | -331 | -1,222 | 766 | 6,608 |
Other occupation | 6,701 | 6,160 | 5,960 | -200 | -741 | 948 | 5,012 |
No occupation¹ | 5,100 | 4,923 | 4,685 | -238 | -415 | 1,242 | 3,443 |
Total | 86,850 | 80,235 | 79,498 | -737 | -7,352 | 7,719 | 71,779 |
All Persons | |||||||
Managers and administrators | 10,333 | 9,843 | 9,614 | -229 | -719 | 184 | 9,430 |
Professional | 12,445 | 12,176 | 11,973 | -203 | -472 | 546 | 11,427 |
Associate professional and technical | 6,934 | 6,640 | 6,381 | -259 | -553 | 452 | 5,929 |
Clerical and secretarial | 21,589 | 20,167 | 21,072 | +905 | -517 | 1,022 | 20,050 |
Craft and related | 33,577 | 30,538 | 29,942 | -596 | -3,635 | 2,541 | 27,401 |
Personal and protective service | 25,942 | 23,200 | 23,173 | -27 | -2,769 | 2,382 | 20,791 |
Sales | 20,528 | 18,205 | 17,409 | -796 | -3,119 | 2,814 | 14,595 |
Plant and machine operatives | 30,746 | 27,960 | 26,703 | -1,257 | -4,043 | 2,823 | 23,880 |
Other occupation | 24,668 | 23,015 | 22,591 | -424 | -2,077 | 3,007 | 19,584 |
No occupation¹ | 12,485 | 12,039 | 11,601 | -438 | -884 | 3,147 | 8,454 |
Total | 199,247 | 183,783 | 180,459 | -3,324 | -18,788 | 18,918 | 161,541 |
¹ Includes those who never worked and those who have no stated occupation |
Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by duration of continuous registration | |||||||
Duration | October 2018 | September 2019 | October 2019 | Monthly change | Annual change | Under 25 years | 25 years & over |
Males | |||||||
Less than one year | 63,290 | 61,687 | 60,546 | -1,141 | -2,744 | 8,505 | 52,041 |
One year or more | 49,107 | 41,861 | 40,415 | -1,446 | -8,692 | 2,694 | 37,721 |
Total | 112,397 | 103,548 | 100,961 | -2,587 | -11,436 | 11,199 | 89,762 |
Females | |||||||
Less than one year | 52,959 | 50,502 | 50,767 | +265 | -2,192 | 6,004 | 44,763 |
One year or more | 33,891 | 29,733 | 28,731 | -1,002 | -5,160 | 1,715 | 27,016 |
Total | 86,850 | 80,235 | 79,498 | -737 | -7,352 | 7,719 | 71,779 |
All Persons | |||||||
Less than one year | 116,249 | 112,189 | 111,313 | -876 | -4,936 | 14,509 | 96,804 |
One year or more | 82,998 | 71,594 | 69,146 | -2,448 | -13,852 | 4,409 | 64,737 |
Total | 199,247 | 183,783 | 180,459 | -3,324 | -18,788 | 18,918 | 161,541 |
Table 7 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register | |||||||||
Males | Monthly change | Females | Monthly change | All Persons | Monthly change | ||||
2017 | October | 26,225 | -446 | 25,065 | -256 | 51,290 | -702 | ||
November | 26,190 | -35 | 25,154 | +89 | 51,344 | +54 | |||
December | 26,120 | -70 | 25,039 | -115 | 51,159 | -185 | |||
2018 | January | 25,555 | -565 | 24,676 | -363 | 50,231 | -928 | ||
February | 25,459 | -96 | 24,858 | +182 | 50,317 | +86 | |||
March | 24,909 | -550 | 24,557 | -301 | 49,466 | -851 | |||
April | 24,188 | -721 | 23,939 | -618 | 48,127 | -1,339 | |||
May | 23,493 | -695 | 23,424 | -515 | 46,917 | -1,210 | |||
June | 22,872 | -621 | 23,116 | -308 | 45,988 | -929 | |||
July | 22,290 | -582 | 22,855 | -261 | 45,145 | -843 | |||
August | 21,492 | -798 | 22,102 | -753 | 43,594 | -1,551 | |||
September | 20,719 | -773 | 21,405 | -697 | 42,124 | -1,470 | |||
October | 20,309 | -410 | 21,344 | -61 | 41,653 | -471 | |||
November | 20,286 | -23 | 21,473 | +129 | 41,759 | +106 | |||
December | 20,348 | +62 | 21,403 | -70 | 41,751 | -8 | |||
2019 | January | 20,079 | -269 | 21,161 | -242 | 41,240 | -511 | ||
February | 20,090 | +11 | 21,174 | +13 | 41,264 | +24 | |||
March | 19,803 | -287 | 20,956 | -218 | 40,759 | -505 | |||
April | 19,280 | -523 | 20,403 | -553 | 39,683 | -1,076 | |||
May | 18,502 | -778 | 19,894 | -509 | 38,396 | -1,287 | |||
June | 18,259 | -243 | 19,856 | -38 | 38,115 | -281 | |||
July | 17,915 | -344 | 19,671 | -185 | 37,586 | -529 | |||
August | 17,543 | -372 | 19,236 | -435 | 36,779 | -807 | |||
September | 17,408 | -135 | 18,703 | -533 | 36,111 | -668 | |||
October | 17,320 | -88 | 18,629 | -74 | 35,949 | -162 |
Table 8 Persons on the Live Register classified by nationality grouping | |||||||||
Nationality grouping | |||||||||
Non-Irish nationals | |||||||||
United Kingdom | EU15 excl. IRL & UK | EU15 to EU28 States | Other | Non-Irish nationals | Irish nationals | All Persons | |||
2017 | October | 9,100 | 2,730 | 22,262 | 6,850 | 40,942 | 195,550 | 236,492 | |
November | 9,000 | 2,858 | 22,327 | 6,685 | 40,870 | 192,339 | 233,209 | ||
December | 9,118 | 2,856 | 22,679 | 6,671 | 41,324 | 194,944 | 236,268 | ||
2018 | January | 9,220 | 2,987 | 23,309 | 6,693 | 42,209 | 195,177 | 237,386 | |
February | 9,124 | 2,930 | 23,167 | 6,787 | 42,008 | 193,336 | 235,344 | ||
March | 9,007 | 2,782 | 22,706 | 6,761 | 41,256 | 191,110 | 232,366 | ||
April | 8,695 | 2,646 | 21,834 | 6,699 | 39,874 | 183,728 | 223,602 | ||
May | 8,755 | 2,647 | 21,370 | 7,024 | 39,796 | 183,706 | 223,502 | ||
June | 8,826 | 2,630 | 21,102 | 7,335 | 39,893 | 188,172 | 228,065 | ||
July | 8,946 | 2,610 | 21,028 | 7,312 | 39,896 | 194,549 | 234,445 | ||
August | 8,645 | 2,600 | 20,193 | 7,149 | 38,587 | 186,571 | 225,158 | ||
September | 7,965 | 2,426 | 18,910 | 6,504 | 35,805 | 169,925 | 205,730 | ||
October | 7,796 | 2,428 | 18,601 | 6,107 | 34,932 | 164,315 | 199,247 | ||
November | 7,787 | 2,505 | 18,632 | 5,983 | 34,907 | 161,354 | 196,261 | ||
December | 7,904 | 2,497 | 19,211 | 6,003 | 35,615 | 164,054 | 199,669 | ||
2019 | January | 7,869 | 2,588 | 19,450 | 6,020 | 35,927 | 163,700 | 199,627 | |
February | 7,765 | 2,595 | 19,238 | 5,948 | 35,546 | 161,388 | 196,934 | ||
March | 7,557 | 2,438 | 18,873 | 5,948 | 34,816 | 157,591 | 192,407 | ||
April | 7,472 | 2,436 | 18,481 | 5,953 | 34,342 | 158,776 | 193,118 | ||
May | 7,404 | 2,393 | 18,027 | 6,232 | 34,056 | 155,811 | 189,867 | ||
June | 7,590 | 2,467 | 18,060 | 6,545 | 34,662 | 162,446 | 197,108 | ||
July | 7,820 | 2,554 | 18,126 | 6,735 | 35,235 | 171,161 | 206,396 | ||
August | 7,667 | 2,492 | 17,788 | 6,696 | 34,643 | 164,450 | 199,093 | ||
September | 7,053 | 2,372 | 17,417 | 6,538 | 33,380 | 150,403 | 183,783 | ||
October | 6,958 | 2,265 | 16,785 | 5,921 | 31,929 | 148,530 | 180,459 |
Annex Table A1 - Number of persons availing of Activation Programmes | |||
September 2018 | August 2019 | September 2019 | |
Back to Work Schemes | |||
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand | 7,269 | 4,648 | 4,483 |
Short-term Enterprise Allowance1 | 361 | 344 | 342 |
Total Back to Work payments | 7,630 | 4,992 | 4,825 |
Other Activation Programmes | |||
DSP Part-time Job Incentive | 311 | 190 | 208 |
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011) | 6,668 | 5,832 | 5,629 |
Gateway (2013)2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Other Activation Programmes | 6,981 | 6,022 | 5,837 |
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors) | 21,270 | 21,349 | 21,153 |
FAS (Solas) Full Time Training for Unemployed People | 5,292 | 3,590 | 4,983 |
Back to Education Courses | |||
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)3 | 2,308 | 1,059 | 2,238 |
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)4 | 7,135 | 863 | 5,324 |
Total Back to Education Courses | 9,443 | 1,922 | 7,562 |
Total Activation Programmes | 50,616 | 37,875 | 44,360 |
1 This scheme was introduced from 1st May 2009. It provides immediate support for someone in receipt of Jobseekers Benefit who wants to start a business. | |||
2Gateway Scheme closed in December 2018. | |||
3Starting from February 2019, new VTOS figures for 2018 and 2019 are being reported, supplied directly from the new SOLAS computer system PLSS. VTOS figures were estimated at 5,000 per month to December 2017. | |||
4BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA & JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays. Includes MOMENTUM participants from February 2013. |
The Live Register is compiled from returns made for each local office to the Central Statistics Office by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP). It comprises of persons under 65 years of age in the following classes:
The Live Register excludes those claimants on Jobseeker schemes who are 65 years of age and over. There was no change to this exclusion criterion with the removal of the State Pension (Transition) Scheme from 1st January 2014. Persons aged 65 years can remain on a Jobseeker scheme up to their next birthday but are not included in the Live Register.
Prior to January 2017, the DEASP provided tabulated claimant counts directly to the CSO to facilitate production of the Live Register. These claimant counts were grouped by age, gender, occupation, nationality, duration, region, county and local welfare office. Data provided in this fashion is available from 1967 to December 2016.
Beginning with January 2017, the Live Register has been produced using claimant microdata from the DEASP Integrated Short Term Scheme (ISTS) database. Claimants are determined to be on the Live Register if they fulfil the Live Register criteria and such persons are summarised and cross-tabulated to produce the counts published in the Live Register release.
As claimant count microdata was retrospectively available to January 2012, previously published Live Register data for this period were revised with data produced from the claimant microdata. These revisions were generally minor in nature and are included in this release as well as all relevant Statbank tables.
The reference periods for the Live Register results are as follows:
October 2019 – 29th September to 2nd November 2019
October 2018 – 30th September to 27th October 2018
From May 2015 (reference period) the reference period refers to the week of the last Thursday in the month, previously the reference period referred to the week of the last Friday in the month.
The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseekers Allowance and or Jobseekers Benefit. Monthly unemployment is measured by the Monthly Unemployment release and quarterly unemployment is measured by the Labour Force Survey (formerly the Quarterly National Household Survey).
The Standardised Unemployment Rate (SUR) series, previously in Table 3, has been discontinued from May 2015. It has been replaced by the Monthly Unemployment series, which is published two days before the Live Register.
The Labour Force Survey (LFS), was launched in January 2018 with the publication of Quarter 3 2017 data (Q3 2017). The Labour Force survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS).
The LFS provides quarterly estimates of the unemployment rate.
The calendar reference quarters for survey results are:
Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December.
Since January 2011 the seasonal adjustment of the Live Register is completed by applying the X-12-ARIMA model, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Seasonal adjustment is conducted using the indirect approach, where each individual series is independently adjusted (male under 25 years, female under 25 years, male 25 years and over and female 25 years and over). To preserve consistency between the individual and aggregate series, the series for gender, age group and total Live Register are then created from these four component series.
The X-12 ARIMA method has the X-11 moving averages process at its core, but builds on this by providing options for pre-treating the series using a regARIMA approach for prior adjustment and series extension. In essence this methodology will estimate seasonal factors while taking account of temporary changes, outliers, level shifts and calendar effects (e.g timing of Easter).
All Live Register series are updated monthly with the latest three years of seasonally adjusted data as part of the concurrent approach. The comprehensive annual review contains revisions to the entire series. Revisions to the series are typically very minor in scale.
For additional information on the use of X-12-ARIMA see detailed note in the January 2011 Live Register release.
Prior to 19 January 2004 Jobseeker’s Benefit was payable for 15 months (390 days).
From 19 January 2004, Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 15 months (390 days) to people who had at least 260 paid PRSI contributions. Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 12 months (312 days) to people who had less than 260 paid contributions (Refers to new claims).
From 15 October 2008, Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 12 months (312 days) to people who had at least 260 paid PRSI contributions. Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 9 months (234 days) to people who had less than 260 paid contributions.
As of 3 April 2013, Jobseeker’s Benefit can be paid for a maximum of 9 months (234 days) to people who have 260 paid PRSI contributions. Jobseeker’s Benefit can be paid for a maximum of 6 months (156 days) to people who have less than 260 paid contributions (Refers to new claims).
Claimants getting Jobseeker’s Benefit for 6 months or more on 3 April 2013 (or 3 months for people with fewer than 260 contributions) will not be affected.
The One-Parent Family Payment is a social welfare payment for men and women who are younger than 66 and bring up children without the support of a partner and meet certain other criteria. Claimants on this scheme are not counted as part of the Live Register.
From July 2013 new rules came into operation reducing the age limits for the One-Parent Family Payment. This means that some people no longer qualify for the payment and may avail of other schemes or supports.
As a consequence, approximately 2,800 people in July 2013, 1,300 people in July 2014 and 2,786 people in July 2015, previously receiving the One-Parent Family Payment, made a claim for Jobseekers Allowance (JA) and will therefore appear on the Live Register.
For information on the age-related changes to the OFP scheme from July 2013, please see the following link to the DEASP website:
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/278_One-Parent-Family-Payment.aspx
Live Register flows are calculated by analysing persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the reference month compared to those on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month. The flows are calculated as follows:
Joined Live Register: Persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were not present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.
Stayed on Live Register: Persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were also present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.
Left Live Register: Persons not on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.
Inflows and outflows published in this release relate to persons moving on or off the Live Register. Inter-scheme movement is not counted as a Live Register flow. For example, if a claimant exhausts his/her entitlement to JB and opens a new JA claim, this is not counted as an outflow in JB and an inflow in JA. The person has moved scheme but has not joined nor left the Live Register. Thus, those persons who move schemes from one month to the next are counted as “Stayed on the Live Register”.
The basis of the area analysis in Live Register statistics is the DEASP local office of registration. The areas served by Local Employment Offices do not correspond to specific geographic boundaries. Therefore, registrants at a given local office do not necessarily come from a particular region or area which can be precisely delineated e.g. data for the Cork City Local Offices of Registration refers to all persons signing on in Cork City but may include persons not resident in Cork City.
From January 2018, registrations which have yet not being assigned to a DEASP local office of registration are included in the Live Register totals. Therefore as these registrations are not included in the regional breakdowns, the sum of these regions may not add to the Live Register totals.
The latest available Live Register data by Province, County and Local Office of Registration are published on the CSO website, through the CSO StatBank, on the publication of this release, see link here.
The regional classifications in this release is based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. Until Q4 2017, the NUTS3 regions corresponded to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994 while the NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, were groupings of those historic NUTS3 regions.
However, the NUTS3 boundaries were amended on 21st of November 2016 under Regulation (EC) No. 2066/2016 and have come into force from Q1 2018. These new groupings are reflected in the LFS results from Q1 2018 onwards. The changes resulting from the amendment are that County Louth has moved from the Border to the Mid-East and what was formerly South Tipperary has moved from the South-East to the Mid-West, resulting in the new NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions:
Northern & Western NUTS2 Region | Southern NUTS2 Region | Eastern & Midland NUTS2 Region | |||
Border | Cavan | Mid-West | Clare | Dublin | Dublin City |
Donegal | Limerick City & County | Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | |||
Leitrim | Tipperary | Fingal | |||
Monaghan | South Dublin | ||||
Sligo | |||||
South-East | Carlow | Mid-East | Kildare | ||
West | Galway City | Kilkenny | Meath | ||
Galway County | Waterford City & County | Wicklow | |||
Mayo | Wexford | Louth | |||
Roscommon | |||||
Midland | Laois | ||||
South-West | Cork City | Longford | |||
Cork County | Offaly | ||||
Kerry | Westmeath |
Live Register occupational data is sourced from information collected by the DEASP on the most recent occupation of claimants when they sign on the Live Register. The classification used is based on the UK Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). “No occupation” is an additional category and includes those who have never worked and those who have no stated occupation.
Detailed tables relating to regional and scheme data are available on the CSO website through the CSO Main Data Dissemination Service, StatBank, to see these please click here
The number of claimants on the Live Register who work on a casual and /or part-time basis is supplied by the DEASP. People who work for part of a week may be eligible for Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance and may also be included on the Live Register, if the DEASP is satisfied that they are not in full-time employment, are available for work and are looking for full-time employment.
Data in the nationality grouping table is sourced from information collected by the DEASP on the nationality of claimants when they first sign on the Live Register.
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