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Live Register

January 2014

 Live Register TotalSeasonally AdjustedStandardised Unemployment Rate (SUR) %
January 2013429,396430,50013.9
December 2013395,411403,00012.4
January 2014399,630400,70012.3
   Percentage Points
Change in month--2,300-0.1
Change in year-29,766--1.6

Seasonally adjusted Live Register decreases by 2,300 in January

Live Register Seasonally Adjusted
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On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 2,300 in January 2014, reducing the seasonally adjusted total to 400,700. See table 2(a).

 In unadjusted terms there were 399,630 people signing on the Live Register in January 2014.  This represents an annual decrease of 29,766 (-6.9%). See table 1(a).

The standardised unemployment rate (SUR) in January 2014 was 12.3%, down from 12.4% in December 2013.  The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the most recent Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) was 12.8% in the third quarter of 2013. See table 3.

 

 

Other features include:

  • On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register showed a monthly decrease of 1,900 males in January 2014, while females decreased by 400 over the same period. See table 2(a).
  • The number of male claimants decreased by 24,904 (-9.1%) to 248,723 over the year while female claimants decreased by 4,862 (-3.1%) to 150,907. This compares with a decrease of 10,266 (-3.6%) to 273,627 for males and an increase of 73 to 155,769 for females in the year to January 2013. See table 1(a).

 

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 Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest estimated number of persons unemployed as of the third quarter of 2013 was 282,900.

 

0
DurationLess than one yearOne year or more
Jan 2012255740183849
Feb 2012254867184555
Mar 2012249589184465
Apr 2012245948184053
May 2012244178188729
Jun 2012252725199249
Jul 2012260237200086
Aug 2012254743201513
Sept 2012236557192778
Oct 2012232055188117
Nov 2012230715186562
Dec 2012236589187144
Jan 2013239539189857
Feb 2013239409189467
Mar 2013237192187896
Apr 2013231530186063
May 2013229740191997
Jun 2013237849197508
Jul 2013244405197571
Aug 2013238472196808
Sept 2013219789188881
Oct 2013214111182401
Nov 2013211749179758
Dec 2013215790179621
Jan 2014218304181326

Live Register duration of continuous registration

The number of long term claimants on the Live Register in January 2014 was 181,326.  The number of male long term claimants decreased by 9,653 (-7.2%) in the year to January 2014, while females increased by 1,122 (+2.0%), giving an overall annual decrease of 8,531 (-4.5%) in the number of long term claimants. See table 7 and graph above.

In January 2014, 54.6% (218,304) of all claimants on the Live Register were short term claimants.  The comparable figure for January 2013 was 55.8% (239,539).  The annual fall of 21,235 (-8.9%) in the number of short term claimants consisted of a decrease of 15,251 (-10.9%) in the number of male short term claimants and a decrease of 5,984 (-6.0%) in female short term claimants.

 

Live Register casual and part-time workers

There were 80,958 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register in January 2014, which represents 20.3% of the total Live Register.  This compares with 20.5% one year earlier when there were 87,924 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register.  In the year to January 2014 the number of casual and part-time workers decreased by 6,966 (-7.9%), with the number of males decreasing by 4,123 (-8.6%) and the number of females decreasing by 2,843 (-7.1%). See table 8.

Under 25 years25 years and over
Jan 201275345364244
Jan 201368364361032
Jan 201460537339093

Live Register age groups

In the year to January 2014 the number of persons aged 25 and over on the Live Register decreased by 21,939 (-6.1%), and the number of persons aged under 25 decreased by 7,827 (-11.4%).  Annual decreases in persons aged under 25 have occurred in all months since July 2010, while the number of persons aged 25 and over have fallen annually in all months since July 2012.The percentage of persons aged under 25 on the Live Register now stands at 15.1% for January 2014, down from 15.9% in January 2013 and 17.1% in January 2012. See tables 1(b) and 1(c) and graph above.

 

Live Register new registrants

There were 41,984 new registrants on the Live Register in January 2014, consisting of 19,206 JB claims, 20,620 JA claims and 2,158 ‘Other Registrants’.  Males accounted for 53.9% (22,640) and females 46.1% (19,344) of all new registrants.  On average 4,528 male and 3,869 female new registrants joined the Live Register each week of the month.  The difference between the number of new registrants on the Live Register and the change in the total number on the Live Register is accounted for by closed claims and movements between schemes. See table 4.

Broad Occupational GroupJanuary 2012January 2013January 2014
1169401766816795
2241742445322036
3123841232611284
4419144055737202
51066919793284437
6523625178950508
7462634552843713
8709666997466781
9499544911146276
10179412005820598
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

Bearing in mind the overall annual decrease of 6.9% in the number of people on the Live Register in January the main other points which can be noted include:

  • An annual decrease of 5,903 (-1.9%) brought the total number of JA claimants to 302,943 in January 2014, while JB claimants decreased to 61,194 (-29.4%) over the same period.  As a result JA claimants account for 75.8% of all persons on the Live Register in January 2014 compared with 71.9% a year earlier. See table 1(a).
  • Annual decreases occurred in all of the eight NUTS 3 regions with the largest percentage decrease occurring in the South-West region (-9.7%) followed by the Mid-West region (-7.6%). See table 5.
  • Craft and related (21.1%) remained the largest occupational group1 on the Live Register in January, despite the fact that the number in the group fell over the year by 13,495 (-13.8%) to 84,437.  The second largest annual percentage decrease was in the Professional group (-9.9%). See table 6 and graph above.
  • In January Irish nationals accounted for 82.6% (329,929) of the number of persons on the Live Register. Of the 69,701 non-Irish nationals, the largest constituent group on the Live Register was nationals from the EU15 to EU28 States (39,263), followed by the UK (15,253). See table 9
  • A further compositional analysis of the Live Register is also available. See table 10.

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 December 2013 on the number of people availing of a range of programmes targeted primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and other welfare recipients (including Lone Parents) is provided in the Annex – Live Register Activation Programmes table.

There were 86,162 people availing of these programmes in December 2013, which is an increase of 2,692 (+3.2%) from the previous year, when there were 83,470 people 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
CategoryJanuary 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual change
      
Males     
    JB Claims46,11029,60731,029+1,422-15,081
    JA Applications215,478203,655205,013+1,358-10,465
    Other Registrants12,03912,45912,681+222+642
    Total273,627245,721248,723+3,002-24,904
      
Females     
    JB Claims40,61830,03930,165+126-10,453
    JA Applications93,36896,93597,930+995+4,562
    Other Registrants21,78322,71622,812+96+1,029
    Total155,769149,690150,907+1,217-4,862
      
All Persons     
    JB Claims86,72859,64661,194+1,548-25,534
    JA Applications308,846300,590302,943+2,353-5,903
    Other Registrants33,82235,17535,493+318+1,671
    Total429,396395,411399,630+4,219-29,766
      
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Table 1(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register
CategoryJanuary 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual change
      
Males     
    JB Claims3,1031,6411,814+173-1,289
    JA Applications38,27333,58034,213+633-4,060
    Other Registrants88104116+12+28
    Total41,46435,32536,143+818-5,321
      
Females     
    JB Claims2,8751,7361,925+189-950
    JA Applications23,79821,91122,293+382-1,505
    Other Registrants2271761760-51
    Total26,90023,82324,394+571-2,506
      
All Persons     
    JB Claims5,9783,3773,739+362-2,239
    JA Applications62,07155,49156,506+1,015-5,565
    Other Registrants315280292+12-23
    Total68,36459,14860,537+1,389-7,827
      
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Table 1(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register
CategoryJanuary 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual change
      
Males     
    JB Claims43,00727,96629,215+1,249-13,792
    JA Applications177,205170,075170,800+725-6,405
    Other Registrants11,95112,35512,565+210+614
    Total232,163210,396212,580+2,184-19,583
      
Females     
    JB Claims37,74328,30328,240-63-9,503
    JA Applications69,57075,02475,637+613+6,067
    Other Registrants21,55622,54022,636+96+1,080
    Total128,869125,867126,513+646-2,356
      
All Persons     
    JB Claims80,75056,26957,455+1,186-23,295
    JA Applications246,775245,099246,437+1,338-338
    Other Registrants33,50734,89535,201+306+1,694
    Total361,032336,263339,093+2,830-21,939
      
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Table 2(a) Total persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
  Unadjusted Series Seasonally Adjusted Series1
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2012January283,900155,700439,600 282,000158,400440,300
 February283,500156,000439,400 280,900158,000438,900
 March280,200153,800434,100 279,800157,200437,000
 April277,400152,600430,000 279,500157,100436,600
 May278,800154,100432,900 279,100157,600436,600
 June286,700165,300452,000 279,700158,800438,500
 July287,800172,500460,300 279,000158,000437,000
 August286,600169,600456,300 278,500157,100435,600
 September273,800155,500429,300 277,600157,000434,600
 October268,500151,600420,200 276,800157,000433,800
 November266,400150,900417,300 275,400157,500432,900
 December269,900153,800423,700 273,800157,900431,700
         
2013January273,600155,800429,400 272,200158,300430,500
 February272,900156,000428,900 270,800158,100428,900
 March269,000156,100425,100 268,600158,300426,900
 April265,000152,600417,600 267,900158,200426,100
 May266,900154,800421,700 267,100158,200425,300
 June270,900164,400435,400 264,100157,900422,100
 July270,300171,700442,000 261,900157,300419,200
 August266,400168,800435,300 258,900156,700415,600
 September254,000154,600408,700 257,200156,200413,400
 October246,800149,800396,500 254,200155,200409,500
 November243,500148,000391,500 251,700154,400406,100
 December245,700149,700395,400 249,400153,600403,000
         
2014January248,700150,900399,600 247,500153,200400,700
1 Table contains revised figures.
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Table 2(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
  Unadjusted Series Seasonally Adjusted Series1
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2012January46,50028,80075,300 47,10030,10077,200
 February46,20028,70074,900 46,50029,70076,200
 March45,20027,80073,000 45,90029,30075,200
 April43,90027,00070,900 45,50029,00074,400
 May44,50028,20072,600 45,10028,90074,000
 June47,60031,50079,100 45,20029,20074,300
 July48,10032,60080,700 44,80028,90073,600
 August47,90032,50080,400 44,60028,60073,200
 September44,40029,30073,700 44,10028,50072,500
 October42,20027,70069,900 43,50028,30071,800
 November40,70026,50067,200 42,90028,30071,200
 December40,80026,20066,900 42,50028,10070,700
         
2013January41,50026,90068,400 42,10028,00070,100
 February41,40027,00068,400 41,70027,90069,600
 March40,30026,20066,600 41,10027,60068,700
 April39,40025,60065,000 40,80027,60068,400
 May40,40026,90067,300 40,90027,60068,500
 June42,10029,20071,300 39,90027,00066,900
 July42,40030,20072,500 39,40026,70066,100
 August41,80030,10071,900 38,90026,60065,400
 September38,90027,30066,200 38,50026,50065,000
 October37,00025,60062,600 38,00026,20064,200
 November35,50024,20059,700 37,50025,90063,300
 December35,30023,80059,100 37,00025,60062,600
         
2014January36,10024,40060,500 36,70025,40062,100
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Table 2(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
  Unadjusted Series Seasonally Adjusted Series1
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2012January237,400126,900364,200 234,900128,300363,200
 February237,200127,200364,500 234,400128,300362,700
 March235,100126,000361,100 234,000127,900361,800
 April233,500125,600359,100 234,100128,100362,100
 May234,300126,000360,300 233,900128,700362,600
 June239,100133,800372,900 234,500129,700364,200
 July239,700139,900379,600 234,200129,200363,400
 August238,800137,100375,900 233,900128,500362,500
 September229,400126,300355,600 233,500128,600362,100
 October226,300123,900350,300 233,300128,700362,000
 November225,700124,500350,100 232,400129,200361,700
 December229,100127,700356,800 231,300129,700361,000
         
2013January232,200128,900361,000 230,200130,200360,400
 February231,500129,000360,500 229,100130,200359,300
 March228,700129,900358,500 227,500130,700358,200
 April225,700127,000352,600 227,100130,600357,700
 May226,600127,900354,500 226,200130,600356,800
 June228,800135,200364,000 224,200130,900355,100
 July227,900141,500369,400 222,500130,600353,100
 August224,600138,700363,300 220,100130,100350,200
 September215,200127,300342,500 218,700129,700348,400
 October209,800124,100333,900 216,200129,100345,300
 November208,000123,700331,800 214,300128,500342,800
 December210,400125,900336,300 212,500128,000340,500
         
2014January212,600126,500339,100 210,800127,800338,600
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Table 3 Seasonally Adjusted Standardised Unemployment Rates (SUR)1
Month20092010201120122013 2014
 %%%%% %
January9.513.114.515.013.9 12.3
February210.213.014.415.113.8 
March10.913.214.414.913.7 
April11.513.514.414.813.6 
May212.113.814.414.813.6  
June12.313.714.514.813.3 
July12.513.814.714.813.1 
August212.613.914.814.712.83 
September12.914.314.714.512.7 
October13.014.514.814.312.6 
November213.014.714.914.112.5 
December13.014.714.914.012.4 
       
Annual average12.013.814.614.713.2  
1 Table contains revised figures. See Background Notes.  
2 Benchmark Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) calendar quarter estimates.
3 The latest QNHS estimate of the unemployment rate (adjusted for seasonality) is: July - September 2013, 12.8%.
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Table 4 Summary of flows1 on and off the Live Register
   Males Females
  Number of Weeks New Regis-trations Average Weekly Change  New Regis-trations Average Weekly Change
  Live RegisterOutflow (derived) Live RegisterOutflow (derived)
   
JB Claims           
2013January446,1109,4597,782+419 40,6189,322     8,862+115
 February445,4867,0817,705-156 40,3187,321     7,621-75
 March543,6947,4679,259-358 40,7398,579     8,158+84
 April 441,6786,1508,166-504 38,0587,117     9,798-670
 May540,1166,5618,123-312 36,9006,286     7,444-232
 June439,4325,4256,109-171 39,5867,484     4,798+672
 July438,1865,6856,931-312 43,5319,917     5,972+986
 August534,4385,6239,371-750 39,3886,718     10,861-829
 September430,6024,9538,789-959 31,1125,441     13,717-2,069
 October429,3156,1737,460-322 29,2155,211     7,108-474
 November528,8557,7148,174- 92 28,6429,051     9,624- 115
 December429,6074,9194,167+188 30,0395,400     4,003+349
            
2014January531,0299,3307,908+284 30,1659,876     9,750+25
            
JA Applications           
2013January4215,47810,4338,509+481 93,3686,3785,090+322
 February4215,28210,56310,759-49 93,8736,4705,965+126
 March5213,05511,59613,823-445 93,3066,9167,483-113
 April 4211,1029,34411,297-488 92,6685,7866,424-160
 May5214,64112,3308,791+708 96,1438,4214,946+695
 June4219,35811,4556,738+1,179 102,94210,6623,863+1,700
 July4220,09310,87210,137+184 105,7538,6415,830+703
 August5219,79912,91713,211-59 106,8029,1998,150+210
 September4211,15512,16420,808-2,161 101,2378,47414,039-1,391
 October4205,09611,83017,889-1,515 98,1087,91911,048-782
 November5202,24912,90615,753-569 96,7348,4919,865-275
 December4203,6558,2776,871+352 96,9354,8884,687+50
            
2014January5205,01312,46311,105+272 97,9308,1577,162+199
            
Other Registrants           
2013January412,039687547+35 21,7831,2371,063+44
 February412,087586538+12 21,8301,0651,018+12
 March512,247776616+32 22,0471,2401,023+43
 April 412,237533543-3  21,8509291,126-49
 May512,164567640-15 21,7739241,001-15
 June412,147489506-4  21,8921,012893+30
 July412,024554677-31  22,3891,5341,037+124
 August512,206766584+36 22,6471,4321,174+52
 September412,289675592+21 22,2751,1901,562-93
 October412,342760707+13 22,4361,2801,119+40
 November512,434773681+18 22,5931,4861,329+31
 December412,459451426+6 22,716804681+31
            
2014January512,681847625+44 22,8121,3111,215+19
            
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. 
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Table 5 Persons on the Live Register classified by region
NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions1January 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
        
Males       
      Border, Midland and Western83,84275,90876,833+925-7,00911,62165,212
      Border38,21434,41834,913+495-3,3015,44229,471
      Midland21,32719,61719,780+163-1,5473,12916,651
      West24,30121,87322,140+267-2,1613,05019,090
        
      Southern and Eastern189,785169,813171,890+2,077-17,89524,522147,368
      Dublin66,94060,34461,032+688-5,9088,92152,111
      Mid-East26,01323,36023,576+216-2,4373,40520,171
      Mid-West23,14020,85420,950+96-2,1903,07417,876
      South-East36,27532,78033,366+586-2,9094,94528,421
      South-West37,41732,47532,966+491-4,4514,17728,789
      Total273,627245,721248,723+3,002-24,90436,143212,580
        
Females       
      Border, Midland and Western49,48147,77248,165+393-1,3168,05840,107
      Border22,15421,31321,603+290-5513,61217,991
      Midland12,31212,23512,289+54-232,28110,008
      West15,01514,22414,273+49-7422,16512,108
        
      Southern and Eastern106,288101,918102,742+824-3,54616,33686,406
      Dublin35,30134,05134,444+393-8575,76528,679
      Mid-East15,30615,19215,107-85-1992,27912,828
      Mid-West13,64212,94613,038+92-6042,14710,891
      South-East20,27819,39519,691+296-5873,25916,432
      South-West21,76120,33420,462+128-1,2992,88617,576
      Total155,769149,690150,907+1,217-4,86224,394126,513
        
All Persons       
      Border, Midland and Western133,323123,680124,998+1,318-8,32519,679105,319
      Border60,36855,73156,516+785-3,8529,05447,462
      Midland33,63931,85232,069+217-1,5705,41026,659
      West39,31636,09736,413+316-2,9035,21531,198
        
      Southern and Eastern296,073271,731274,632+2,901-21,44140,858233,774
      Dublin102,24194,39595,476+1,081-6,76514,68680,790
      Mid-East41,31938,55238,683+131-2,6365,68432,999
      Mid-West36,78233,80033,988+188-2,7945,22128,767
      South-East56,55352,17553,057+882-3,4968,20444,853
      South-West59,17852,80953,428+619-5,7507,06346,365
      Total429,396395,411399,630+4,219-29,76660,537339,093
1 The composition of the regions is described in the Background Notes.
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Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by last held occupation
 January 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Broad occupational group
        
Males       
Managers and administrators10,3449,4149,635+221-7093339,302
Professional11,39410,19410,211+17-1,1839009,311
Associate professional and technical 7,0146,4286,446+18-5688875,559
Clerical and secretarial11,23910,31510,302-13-9371,2099,093
Craft and related 90,40276,87377,262+389-13,1406,52270,740
Personal and protective service18,71117,32017,747+427-9642,39715,350
Sales17,79916,41317,059+646-7404,96612,093
Plant and machine operatives54,52650,03651,115+1,079-3,4116,35844,757
Other occupation39,45236,10036,250+150-3,2026,88329,367
No occupation112,74612,62812,696+68-505,6887,008
Total 273,627245,721248,723+3,002-24,90436,143212,580
        
Females       
Managers and administrators7,3246,9457,160+215-1641986,962    
Professional13,05912,29111,825-466-1,23488910,936
Associate professional and technical 5,3124,8524,838-14-4744824,356    
Clerical and secretarial29,31827,46726,900-567-2,4181,60725,293
Craft and related 7,5307,0027,175+173-3559806,195
Personal and protective service33,07832,36932,761+392-3175,78026,981    
Sales27,72925,70526,654+949-1,0755,93220,722    
Plant and machine operatives15,44815,27415,666+392+2182,27213,394
Other occupation9,6599,87110,026+155+3672,7957,231
No occupation17,3127,9147,902-12+5903,4594,443
Total155,769149,690150,9071,217-4,86224,394126,513
        
All Persons       
Managers and administrators17,66816,35916,795+436-87353116,264
Professional24,45322,48522,036-449-2,4171,78920,247
Associate professional and technical 12,32611,28011,284+4-1,0421,3699,915
Clerical and secretarial40,55737,78237,202-580-3,3552,81634,386
Craft and related 97,93283,87584,437+562-13,4957,50276,935
Personal and protective service51,78949,68950,508+819-1,2818,17742,331
Sales45,52842,11843,713+1,595-1,81510,89832,815
Plant and machine operatives69,97465,31066,781+1,471-3,1938,63058,151
Other occupation49,11145,97146,276+305-2,8359,67836,598
No occupation120,05820,54220,598+56+5409,14711,451
Total 429,396395,411399,630+4,219-29,76660,537339,093
        
1 Includes those who never worked and those who have no stated occupation.
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Table 7 Persons on the Live Register classified by duration of continuous registration
 January 2013December 2013January 2014Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Duration
        
Males       
   Less than one year139,805122,262124,554+2,292-15,25122,647101,907
   One year or more133,822123,459124,169+710-9,65313,496110,673
   Total273,627245,721248,723+3,002-24,90436,143212,580
        
Females       
   Less than one year99,73493,52893,750+222-5,98416,85076,900
   One year or more56,03556,16257,157+995+1,1227,54449,613
   Total155,769149,690150,907+1,217-4,86224,394126,513
        
All Persons       
   Less than one year239,539215,790218,304+2,514-21,23539,497178,807
   One year or more189,857179,621181,326+1,705-8,53121,040160,286
   Total429,396395,411399,630+4,219-29,76660,537339,093
        
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Table 8 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register
   MalesMonthly change FemalesMonthly change All PersonsMonthly change
         
2012January 46,256+212 40,773+2 87,029+214
 February 47,038+782 41,176+403 88,214+1,185
 March 47,539+501 41,177+1 88,716+502
 April 47,614+75 40,828-349 88,442-274
 May 47,626+12 40,438-390 88,064-378
 June 47,891+265 40,574+136 88,465+401
 July 47,797-94 40,244-330 88,041-424
 August 47,569-228 39,585-659 87,154-887
 September 46,643-926 38,447-1,138 85,090-2,064
 October 46,829+186 38,834+387 85,663+573
 November 47,695+866 39,786+952 87,481+1,818
 December 48,082+387 39,987+201 88,069+588
          
2013January 47,829+253 40,095+108 87,924-145
 February 48,870+1,041 40,910+815 89,780+1,856
 March 48,961+91 40,837-73 89,798+18
 April 48,527-434 40,382-455 88,909-889
 May 48,095-432 39,848-534 87,943-966
 June 48,178+83 40,144+296 88,322+379
 July 47,592+586 39,827-317 87,419-903
 August 46,259-1,333 38,846-981 85,105-2,314
 September 44,676-1,583 37,619-1,227 82,295-2,810
 October 43,945-731 37,374-245 81,319-976
 November 43,911-34 37,578+204 81,489+170
 December 43,927+16 37,455-123 81,382-107
          
2014January 43,706-221  37,252-203 80,958-424
           
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Table 9 Persons on the Live Register classified by nationality grouping 
  Nationality grouping 
  Non-Irish nationals     
   EU15 excl. IRL & UKEU15 to EU281 States     
United Kingdom  Non-Irish nationalsIrish nationalsAll Persons
  Other  
          
2012January17,8273,64842,83113,845 78,151361,438439,589
 February17,7833,68543,34113,946 78,755360,667439,422
 March17,5213,60843,02513,926 78,080355,974434,054
 April 17,3373,55842,26813,852 77,015352,986430,001
 May17,4473,55141,63414,151 76,783356,124432,907
 June18,0543,77041,36015,072 78,256373,718451,974
 July18,2903,75641,16715,209 78,422381,901460,323
 August18,1433,70040,62915,277 77,749378,507456,256
 September17,1353,52539,33514,324 74,319355,016429,335
 October16,7673,47739,34713,906 73,497346,675420,172
 November16,6953,53039,93513,588 73,748343,529417,277
 December16,8063,57540,49113,667 74,539349,194423,733
        
2013January16,9343,74342,00413,761 76,442352,954429,396
 February16,7993,85342,56113,616 76,829352,047428,876
 March16,5553,85142,24613,194 75,846349,242425,088
 April 16,1803,68341,63512,864 74,362343,231417,593
 May16,1873,66340,85813,124 73,832347,905421,737
 June16,7063,75040,63413,520 74,610360,747435,357
 July16,8733,74840,13613,312 74,069367,907441,976
 August16,5153,67939,17513,083 72,452362,828435,280
 September15,5433,53637,84212,320 69,241339,429408,670
 October15,1453,49037,27511,627 67,537328,975396,512
 November15,0993,66037,74811,386 67,893323,614391,507
 December15,2013,71138,22111,344 68,477326,934395,411
         
2014January15,2533,83039,26311,355 69,701329,929399,630
          
1With the addition of Croatia from July 2013, EU15- EU28
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Table 10 Live Register Compositional Analysis
 January 2011January 2012January 2013January 2014
  % of total % of total % of total % of total
 NumberNumberNumberNumber
Sex        
Males292,00366.0283,89364.6273,62763.7248,72362.2
Females150,67434.0155,69635.4155,76936.3150,90737.8
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
        
Age        
Under 25 years82,23718.675,34517.168,36415.960,53715.1
25 years and over360,44081.4364,24482.9361,03284.1339,09384.9
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
        
Scheme        
JB Claims125,69628.4104,33323.786,72820.261,19415.3
JA Applications289,58365.4304,20069.2308,84671.9302,94375.8
Other Registrants27,3986.231,0567.133,8227.935,4938.9
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
Duration of Continuous Registration        
Less than one year282,12363.7255,74058.2239,53955.8218,30454.6
One year or more160,55436.3183,84941.8189,85744.2181,32645.4
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
Nationality Grouping        
Irish Nationals364,15082.3361,43882.2352,95482.2329,92982.6
Non-Irish Nationals78,52717.778,15117.876,44217.869,70117.4
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
NUTS2 Regions1        
Border, Midland and Western137,08531.0135,74130.9133,32331.0124,99831.3
Southern and Eastern305,59269.0303,84869.1296,07369.0274,63268.7
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
Last Held Occupation        
Managers and administrators17,1323.916,9403.917,6684.116,7954.2
Professional24,3185.524,1745.524,4535.722,0365.5
Associate professional and technical13,0402.912,3842.812,3262.911,2842.8
Clerical and secretarial42,2029.541,9149.540,5579.437,2029.3
Craft and related 115,35126.1106,69124.397,93222.884,43721.1
Personal and protective service50,87611.552,36211.951,78912.150,50812.6
Sales44,31310.046,26310.545,52810.643,71310.9
Plant and machine operatives70,80216.070,96616.169,97416.366,78116.7
Other occupation49,87411.349,95411.449,11111.446,27611.6
No occupation214,7693.317,9414.120,0584.720,5985.2
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
Casual Status        
No casual and part-time work359,44581.2352,56080.2341,47279.5318,67279.7
Casual and part-time work83,23218.887,02919.887,92420.580,95820.3
Total442,677100.0439,589100.0429,396100.0399,630100.0
         
1 The composition of the regions is described in the Background Notes.
2 Includes those who never worked and those who have no stated occupation.
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Live Register Activation Programmes    
 December 2012November 2013December 2013
Back to Work Schemes    
Back to Work allowance scheme - Employee strand1181111
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand10,81110,15210,098
Short-term Enterprise Allowance2 1,066640583
Total Back to Work payments 11,89510,80310,692
    
Other Activation Programmes    
DSP Part-time Job Incentive215313312
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011) 4,5436,8497,108
JobBridge (2011)5,5326,1746,483
Total Other Activation Programmes10,29013,33613,903
        
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors) 21,08122,23822,575
    
FAS Full Time Training for Unemployed People3 9,3189,1998,996
        
Back to Education Courses    
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)4N/AN/AN/A
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)525,88625,16224,996
Total Back to Education Courses 30,88630,16229,996
        
Total Activation Programmes83,47085,73886,162
    
1 This scheme was closed to new applications from 1st May 2009.
2 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.   
3 Specific Skills Training/Local Training initiative/Traineeship/Return to Work.  
Breakdown became available for April 2012 Live Register release.   
4 VTOS figures are estimated at 5,000 each year.
5 BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA & JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays.
Includes MOMENTUM participants from February 2013.   
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Background Notes

Source and scope of the Live Register

The Live Register is compiled from returns made for each local office to the Central Statistics Office by the Department of Social Protection.  It comprises of persons under 65 years of age in the following classes:

  • All Claimants for Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) excluding systematic short-time workers
  • Applicants for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) excluding smallholders/farm assists and other self-employed persons
  • Other registrants including applicants for credited Social Welfare contributions but excluding those directly involved in an industrial dispute.

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.

Reference Period

The reference periods for the Live Register results are as follows: 
January 2014 – 28th December 2013 to 31st January 2014
January 2013 –29th December 2012 to 25th January 2013

 

Unemployment statistics

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 Jobseeker’s Allowance and or Jobseeker’s Benefit.  Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey (formerly the Annual Labour Force Survey).

 

Standardised unemployment rates

The Standardised Unemployment Rate (SUR) series in Table 3 is based on the estimated number of persons unemployed expressed as a percentage of the total economically active population (i.e. the Labour Force), using internationally comparable definitions of employment and unemployment, as recommended by the International Labour Office. 

Official estimates of the number of persons unemployed and the unemployment rate are produced from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). The QNHS is the only source of information on unemployment and employment which can apply standard International Labour Organisation (ILO) methodology to the estimation of these key indicators. The background notes of the QNHS release contain more information on the ILO criteria. Given the timelag required to produce estimates from the QNHS and the quarterly periodicity, short-term trends in the Live Register are used to estimate more up-to-date monthly unemployment rates.

The seasonally adjusted QNHS estimate of unemployment is used as a benchmark for February (Quarter 1 QNHS), May (Quarter 2 QNHS), August (Quarter 3 QNHS) and November (Quarter 4 QNHS) each year. The latest QNHS benchmark is updated using the trend in the seasonally adjusted Live Register to allow the estimation of the SUR. Once new QNHS data is available it is used to revise the SUR series. The assumption underlying this methodology is that over short periods the change in the seasonally adjusted Live Register will represent accurately the change in unemployment which will be seen from the QNHS. This methodology has been used since the QNHS was first initiated at the end of 1997.

 

QNHS

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), which began in September 1997, replaced the Labour Force Survey and provides quarterly estimates of the unemployment rate. Up to and including the fourth quarter of 2008 the QNHS operated on a seasonal quarter basis.  As of the first quarter 2009 the QNHS is now undertaken on a calendar quarter basis.

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.

The calendar quarter estimates for Q3 2013 (adjusted for seasonality) are:

 

Q1

%

Q2

%

Q3

%

Q4

%

2008

5.0

5.7

6.9

 8.1

2009

10.2

12.1

12.6

13.0

2010

13.0

13.8

13.9

14.7

2011

14.4

14.4

14.8

14.9

2012

15.1

14.8

14.7

14.1

2013

13.8

13.6

 12.8

 

 

Seasonal Adjustment

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.

 

Jobseeker’s Benefit Duration

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 claim).

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.

 

One-Parent Family Payment (OFP)

For information on the age-related changes to the OFP scheme from July 2013, please see the following link to the Department of Social Protection website:

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/278_One-Parent-Family-Payment.aspx

 

Live Register Flows

Live Register flows data is sourced from information collected by the Department of Social Protection.  The aggregate of new registrations for each month is used in conjunction with the net change over the same period to calculate the outflow from the register.  A new registration is defined as anybody on the Live Register in a particular month who was not on it the previous month.  Inflows and outflows published in this release 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.

 

 

Live Register Area Analysis

The basis of the area analysis in Live Register statistics is the Department of Social Protection 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 Office of Registration refers to all persons signing on in Cork City but may include persons not resident in Cork City.  The latest available Live Register data by Province, County and Local Office of Registration will be released on the CSO website through the CSO StatBank one day after the publication of this release, see link below.

https://statbank.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=LRM07&PLanguage=0

 

NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions

The Regional classifications are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat.  The NUTS3 regions correspond 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.  The NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the NUTS3 regions.

Border, Midland and Western NUTS2 Region      Southern and Eastern NUTS2 Region          
Border Cavan Dublin Dublin City
  Donegal   Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
  Leitrim   Fingal
  Louth   South Dublin
  Monaghan    
  Sligo Mid-East Kildare
      Meath
Midland Laois   Wicklow
  Longford Mid-West Clare
  Offaly   Limerick City
  Westmeath   Limerick County
      North Tipperary
West Galway City    
  Galway County South-East Carlow
  Mayo   Kilkenny
  Roscommon   South Tipperary
      Waterford City
      Waterford County
      Wexford
       
    South-West Cork City
      Cork County
      Kerry

 

Occupations

Live Register occupational data is sourced from information collected by the Department of Social Protection 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.

 

Age by Duration Analysis

Detailed tables relating to regional and scheme data are available on the CSO website through the CSO Main Data Dissemination Service, StatBank on a bi-annual basis, at the following link:

https://statbank.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=LRM18&PLanguage=0

 

Casual and part-time workers

The casual and part-time workers’ figure is based on data supplied by the Department of Social Protection.  People may apply for Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance if they only work for part of a week and be included on the Live Register.

 

Nationality

Data in the nationality grouping table is sourced from information collected by the Department of Social Protection on the nationality of claimants when they first sign on the Live Register.

For further information or assistance use the contact details on the front page of the release or e-mail labour@cso.ie

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