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Live Register

July 2015

 Live Register TotalSeasonally Adjusted
July 2014404,515382,400
June 2015356,520345,200
July 2015363,628343,100
   
Change in month-- 2,100
Change in year- 40,887-

Seasonally adjusted Live Register total decreases by 2,100 in July

Live Register Seasonally Adjusted
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On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 2,100 (-0.6%) in July 2015, reducing the seasonally adjusted total to 343,100. See table 2(a).

In unadjusted terms there were 363,628 people signing on the Live Register in July 2015.  This represents an annual decrease of 40,887 (-10.1%). See table 1(a).

Other features include:

  • On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register showed a monthly decrease of 2,100 (-1.0%) males in July 2015, while females increased by 100 (+0.1%) over the same period. See table 2(a).
  • The number of male claimants decreased by 31,031 (-12.9%) to 210,286 in the year to July 2015, while female claimants decreased by 9,856 (-6.0%) to 153,342.  This compares with a decrease of 28,986 (-10.7%) to 241,317 for males, while female claimants decreased by 8,475 (-4.9%) to 163,198 in the year to July 2014. See table 1(a).

The Standardised Unemployment Rate (SUR) has been discontinued and has been replaced by the Monthly Unemployment release which is available here.

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.

 

0
DurationLess than one yearOne year or more
Jul 2013244405197571
Aug 2013238472196808
Sept 2013219789188881
Oct 2013214111182401
Nov 2013211749179758
Dec 2013215790179621
Jan 2014218304181326
Feb 2014217573180496
Mar 2014211897179335
Apr 2014210334178225
May 2014205394183370
June 2014209955188858
July 2014215845188670
Aug 2014210727187598
Sept 2014191662178388
Oct 2014187738170892
Nov 2014186175166472
Dec 2014191316164796
Jan 2015193828164844
Feb 2015192348162776
Mar 2015188273160403
April 2015185063158488
May 2015183749161884
June 2015190032166488
July 2015198206165422

Live Register duration of continuous registration

The number of long term claimants on the Live Register in July 2015 was 165,422.  The number of male long term claimants decreased by 19,780 (-15.8%) in the year to July 2015, while females decreased by 3,468 (-5.5%), giving an overall annual decrease of 23,248 (-12.3%) in the number of long term claimants. See table 6 and graph above.

In July 2015, 54.5% (198,206) of all claimants on the Live Register were short term claimants.  The comparable figure for July 2014 was 53.4% (215,845).  The annual fall of 17,639 (-8.2%) in the number of short term claimants consisted of a decrease of 11,251 (-9.7%) in the number of male short term claimants and a decrease of 6,388 (-6.4%) in female short term claimants. See table 6.

 

Live Register casual and part-time workers

There were 68,799 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register in July 2015, which represents 18.9% of the total Live Register.  This compares with 18.7% one year earlier when there were 75,730 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register.  In the year to July 2015 the number of casual and part-time workers decreased by 6,931 (-9.2%), with the number of males decreasing by 4,105 (-10.1%) and the number of females decreasing by 2,826 (-8.0%). See table 7.

 

 

Under 25 years25 years and over
July 201372534369442
July 201462082342433
July 201550316313312

 

Live Register age groups

In the year to July 2015 the number of persons aged 25 and over on the Live Register decreased by 29,121 (-8.5%), and the number of persons aged under 25 decreased by 11,766 (-19.0%).  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 13.8% for July 2015, down from 15.3% in July 2014 and 16.4% in July 2013. See tables 1(b) and 1(c) and graph above.

 

Live Register new registrants

There were 39,474 new registrants on the Live Register in July 2015, consisting of 17,182 Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) claims, 20,089 Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) claims and 2,203 ‘Other Registrants’.  Males accounted for 43.8% (17,296) and females 56.2% (22,178) of all new registrants.  On average 3,459 male and 4,436 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 3.

 

Live Register last occupation held

Craft and related (18.3%) remained the largest occupational group1 on the Live Register in July, despite the fact that the number in the group fell over the year by 11,893 (-15.2%) to 66,449.  The second largest annual percentage decrease was in the Associate professional and technical (-12.3%). The two smallest occupational groups in July were the Associate professional and technical and the Managers and administrators groups which accounted for 2.8% and 4.2% of the Live Register respectively. See table 5 and graph below.

1 While the ‘No Occupation’ group is excluded from the analysis its subtotals are included in the relevant calculations presented in the text.

Broad Occupational GroupJuly 2013July 2014July 2015
1176211631115398
2283732584723912
3127361168210249
4466684377540908
5928007834266449
6528665011245783
7486544495739520
8704736443957032
9495714650142773
10222142254921604
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:

  • An annual decrease of 33,470 (-10.8%) brought the total number of JA claimants to 275,181 in July 2015, while JB claimants decreased to 53,735 (-9.6%) over the same period.  As a result JA claimants account for 75.7% of all persons on the Live Register in July 2015 compared with 76.3% 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 Dublin region (-11.3%) followed by the Border region (-10.3%) and Mid-West region at (-10.0%). See table 4.
  • In July, Irish nationals accounted for 83.8% (304,655) of the number of persons on the Live Register. Of the 58,973 non-Irish nationals, the largest constituent group on the Live Register was nationals from the EU15 to EU28 States (32,659), followed by the UK (13,463). See table 8.


Annex - Activation Programmes

Data up to the end of June 2015 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 is provided in the Annex – Live Register Activation Programmes table.

There were 70,068 people availing of these programmes in June 2015, which is an increase of 2,517 persons (+3.7%) from the previous year, when there were 67,551 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
CategoryJuly 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual change
     
Males  
    JB Claims25,62422,49822,466-32-3,158
    JA Applications203,043176,901175,951-950-27,092
    Other Registrants12,65012,01511,869-146-781
    Total241,317211,414210,286-1,128-31,031
     
Females     
    JB Claims33,78925,29631,269+5,973-2,520
    JA Applications105,60897,41199,230+1,819-6,378
    Other Registrants23,80122,39922,843+444-958
    Total163,198145,106153,342+8,236-9,856
     
All Persons     
    JB Claims59,41347,79453,735+5,941-5,678
    JA Applications308,651274,312275,181+869-33,470
    Other Registrants36,45134,41434,712+298-1,739
    Total404,515356,520363,628+7,108-40,887
      
Table 1(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register
CategoryJuly 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual change
      
Males     
    JB Claims1,4721,4371,380-57-92
    JA Applications34,34127,27427,340+66-7,001
    Other Registrants107116109-7+2
    Total35,92028,82728,829+2-7,091
      
Females     
    JB Claims1,9171,4451,672+227-245
    JA Applications24,06219,08519,666+581-4,396
    Other Registrants183140149+9-34
    Total26,16220,67021,487+817-4,675
      
All Persons     
    JB Claims3,3892,8823,052+170-337
    JA Applications58,40346,35947,006+647-11,397
    Other Registrants290256258+2-32
    Total62,08249,49750,316+819-11,766
      
Table 1(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register
CategoryJuly 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual change
      
Males     
    JB Claims24,15221,06121,086+25-3,066
    JA Applications168,702149,627148,611-1,016-20,091
    Other Registrants12,54311,89911,760-139-783
    Total205,397182,587181,457-1,130-23,940
      
Females     
    JB Claims31,87223,85129,597+5,746-2,275
    JA Applications81,54678,32679,564+1,238-1,982
    Other Registrants23,61822,25922,694+435-924
    Total137,036124,436131,855+7,419-5,181
      
All Persons     
    JB Claims56,02444,91250,683+5,771-5,341
    JA Applications250,248227,953228,175+222-22,073
    Other Registrants36,16134,15834,454+296-1,707
    Total342,433307,023313,312+6,289-29,121
      
Table 2(a) Total persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
  Unadjusted Series Seasonally Adjusted Series1
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2013July270,300171,700442,000 261,600157,100418,700
 August266,400168,800435,300 258,700156,300415,000
 September254,000154,600408,700 257,400156,000413,400
 October246,800149,800396,500 254,700155,000409,700
 November243,500148,000391,500 252,200154,600406,800
 December245,700149,700395,400 249,900153,800403,700
         
2014January248,700150,900399,600 247,700153,500401,200
 February247,400150,700398,100 245,900153,000398,900
 March243,200148,000391,200 244,000152,900396,900
 April239,500149,000388,600 240,900152,100393,000
 May240,400148,400388,800 239,400151,200390,600
 June242,700156,100398,800 236,200150,100386,300
 July241,300163,200404,500 233,500148,900382,400
 August238,100160,300398,300 231,100148,100379,200
 September224,800145,200370,100 227,800146,700374,600
 October217,800140,900358,600 225,000145,900371,000
 November214,700137,900352,600 222,500144,400366,900
 December216,300139,800356,100 220,000143,600363,600
         
2015January218,700140,000358,700 217,700142,400360,100
 February215,900139,200355,100 214,600141,400356,000
 March212,000136,600348,700 211,900139,600351,500
 April208,300135,200343,600 210,100139,700349,800
 May208,700137,000345,600 207,600139,700347,300
 June211,400145,100356,500 205,700139,400345,200
 July210,300153,300363,600 203,600139,500343,100
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
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2013July42,40030,20072,500 39,40026,70066,100
 August41,80030,10071,900 38,80026,50065,300
 September38,90027,30066,200 38,60026,50065,100
 October37,00025,60062,600 38,30026,30064,600
 November35,50024,20059,700 37,70026,00063,700
 December35,30023,80059,100 37,20025,80062,900
         
2014January36,10024,40060,500 36,70025,40062,100
 February36,00024,20060,200 36,30025,10061,400
 March35,30023,60058,900 35,90025,10061,000
 April34,20023,10057,200 35,30024,50059,700
 May34,90023,60058,500 34,90023,90058,800
 June36,00025,40061,400 34,00023,60057,600
 July35,90026,20062,100 33,40023,20056,500
 August35,40026,10061,500 32,80022,90055,700
 September32,10023,00055,100 32,00022,30054,300
 October30,10021,10051,200 31,30021,80053,000
 November29,00019,90048,900 30,80021,40052,200
 December28,60019,30047,900 30,20021,00051,200
         
2015January29,30020,00049,300 29,80020,80050,500
 February28,80019,70048,500 29,10020,40049,500
 March28,00019,00047,100 28,50020,00048,600
 April27,30018,50045,900 28,20019,80047,900
 May27,80019,30047,100 27,70019,60047,200
 June28,80020,70049,500 27,20019,20046,400
 July28,80021,50050,300 26,80019,00045,800
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
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
         
2013July227,900141,500369,400 222,200130,400352,600
 August224,600138,700363,300 219,900129,800349,700
 September215,200127,300342,500 218,800129,500348,300
 October209,800124,100333,900 216,400128,700345,100
 November208,000123,700331,800 214,500128,500343,100
 December210,400125,900336,300 212,700128,000340,700
         
2014January212,600126,500339,100 211,000128,100339,100
 February211,400126,500337,800 209,600127,900337,500
 March207,900124,400332,400 208,100127,800335,900
 April205,400125,900331,300 205,600127,600333,200
 May205,500124,800330,200 204,500127,300331,800
 June206,700130,700337,400 202,200126,500328,700
 July205,400137,000342,400 200,200125,800325,900
 August202,600134,200336,800 198,300125,200323,500
 September192,700122,200314,900 195,900124,400320,300
 October187,700119,800307,400 193,800124,200317,900
 November185,700118,000303,800 191,700123,000314,700
 December187,800120,400308,200 189,900122,600312,500
         
2015January189,300120,000309,400 187,900121,600309,500
 February187,100119,500306,600 185,500121,000306,500
 March184,000117,600301,600 183,400119,600303,000
 April181,000116,700297,700 181,900120,000301,900
 May180,900117,600298,500 180,000120,100300,100
 June182,600124,400307,000 178,500120,200298,700
 July181,500131,900313,300 176,800120,500297,300
1 Table contains revised figures.
Table 3 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           
2014July425,6245,0085,164-39 33,7899,967     5,122+1,211
 August524,2015,0316,454-285 31,0935,978     8,674-539
 September422,1264,2476,322-519 24,1504,714     11,657-1,736
 October522,1296,3046,301+1 23,9816,242     6,411-34
 November422,5655,8445,408+109 23,5336,522     6,970-112
 December424,1094,8453,301+386 25,5115,300     3,322+495
            
2015January526,0028,7826,889+379 25,488     8,8408,863-5
 February425,5965,3965,802-102 25,249     5,9776,216-60
 March424,6994,6435,540-224 23,874     4,1915,566-344
 April 423,5635,1406,276-284 23,356     7,5928,110-130
 May522,7195,2576,101-169 22,815     5,2255,766-108
 June422,4984,3514,572-55 25,296     6,5554,074+620
 July522,4665,8055,837-6 31,269     11,3775,404+1,195
            
JA Applications           
2014July4203,0439,49610,610-279 105,6088,0616,372+422
 August5201,26311,33913,119-356 105,5908,0828,100-4
 September4190,33810,45621,381-2,731 98,2727,37614,694-1,830
 October5183,34912,58519,574-1,398 94,1848,18112,269-818
 November4179,94010,17613,585-852 91,8726,3468,658-578
 December4179,9987,8257,767+15 91,6484,7444,968-56
            
2015January5180,50011,06610,564+100 92,0117,2676,904+73
 February4178,0778,88911,312-606 91,5216,0636,553-123
 March4175,2247,92310,776-713 90,4985,2856,308-256
 April 4172,6627,68010,242-641 89,6495,3996,248-212
 May5173,86710,4739,268+241 91,8527,3195,116+441
 June4176,9019,3746,340+759 97,4119,4413,882+1,390
 July5175,95110,92211,872-190 99,2309,1677,348+364
            
Other Registrants           
2014July412,650549659-28 23,8011,5641,016+137
 August512,598566618-10 23,5801,0641,285-44
 September412,355500743-61 22,8099241,695-193
 October512,294667728-12 22,6931,2601,376-23
 November412,221577650-18 22,5161,0601,237-44
 December412,232442431+3 22,614813715+25
            
2015January512,176604660-11 22,4951,1861,305-24
 February412,212485449+9 22,469910936-7
 March412,112393493-25 22,269660860-50
 April 412,079410443-8 22,2421,0331,060-7
 May512,072472479-1 22,308862796+13
 June412,015407464-14 22,399971880+23
 July511,869569715-29 22,8431,6341,190+89
            
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 Regions1July 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
        
Males       
      Border, Midland and Western74,73565,33665,245-91-9,4909,28155,964
      Border34,39229,85329,852-1-4,5404,38525,467
      Midland18,97116,79316,714-79-2,2572,50214,212
      West21,37218,69018,679-11-2,6932,39416,285
        
      Southern and Eastern166,582146,078145,041-1,037-21,54119,548125,493
      Dublin61,02852,86952,451-418-8,5777,05445,397
      Mid-East22,86920,20019,925-275-2,9442,81017,115
      Mid-West19,89817,29417,355+61-2,5432,46114,894
      South-East31,83028,37928,167-212-3,6634,00324,164
      South-West30,95727,33627,143-193-3,8143,22023,923
      Total241,317211,414210,286-1,128-31,03128,829181,457
        
Females       
      Border, Midland and Western52,59646,79649,460+2,664-3,1367,34742,113
      Border23,74121,10422,296+1,192-1,4453,43918,857
      Midland13,51512,16112,743+582-7722,09910,644
      West15,34013,53114,421+890-9191,80912,612
        
      Southern and Eastern110,60298,310103,882+5,572-6,72014,14089,742
      Dublin37,90733,31635,272+1,956-2,6354,64430,628
      Mid-East16,65714,92415,734+810-9232,11113,623
      Mid-West13,81812,18712,985+798-8331,85511,130
      South-East21,32919,33520,298+963-1,0313,16717,131
      South-West20,89118,54819,593+1,045-1,2982,36317,230
      Total163,198145,106153,342+8,236-9,85621,487131,855
        
All Persons       
      Border, Midland and Western127,331112,132114,705+2,573-12,62616,62898,077
      Border58,13350,95752,148+1,191-5,9857,82444,324
      Midland32,48628,95429,457+503-3,0294,60124,856
      West36,71232,22133,100+879-3,6124,20328,897
        
      Southern and Eastern277,184244,388248,923+4,535-28,26133,688215,235
      Dublin98,93586,18587,723+1,538-11,21211,69876,025
      Mid-East39,52635,12435,659+535-3,8674,92130,738
      Mid-West33,71629,48130,340+859-3,3764,31626,024
      South-East53,15947,71448,465+751-4,6947,17041,295
      South-West51,84845,88446,736+852-5,1125,58341,153
      Total404,515356,520363,628+7,108-40,88750,316313,312
1 The composition of the regions is described in the Background Notes.
Table 5 Persons on the Live Register classified by last held occupation
 July 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Broad occupational group
        
Males       
Managers and administrators9,3428,7158,716+1-6262718,445
Professional10,9489,3089,754+446-1,1947728,982
Associate professional and technical 6,7205,7585,816+58-9047775,039
Clerical and secretarial11,1979,50310,129+626-1,0681,1179,012
Craft and related 71,15660,84159,454-1,387-11,7024,14455,310
Personal and protective service16,55614,70214,556-146-2,0001,66512,891
Sales17,65015,23115,193-38-2,4574,02811,165
Plant and machine operatives48,53842,33842,054-284-6,4845,09736,957
Other occupation35,51832,23831,806-432-3,7125,69126,115
No occupation113,69212,78012,808+28-8845,2677,541
Total 241,317211,414210,286-1,128-31,03128,829181,457
        
Females       
Managers and administrators6,9696,6126,682+70-2871476,535
Professional14,89911,99514,158+2,163-74199913,159
Associate professional and technical 4,9624,3534,433+80-5294044,029
Clerical and secretarial32,57826,13530,779+4,644-1,7991,48829,291
Craft and related 7,1866,9846,995+11-1919076,088
Personal and protective service33,55630,03931,227+1,188-2,3294,45226,775
Sales27,30724,36124,327-34-2,9804,73319,594
Plant and machine operatives15,90114,88314,978+95-9232,09712,881
Other occupation10,98310,97610,967-9-162,8318,136
No occupation18,8578,7688,796+28-613,4295,367
Total163,198145,106153,342+8,236-9,85621,487131,855
        
All Persons       
Managers and administrators16,31115,32715,398+71-91341814,980
Professional25,84721,30323,912+2,609-1,9351,77122,141
Associate professional and technical 11,68210,11110,249+138-1,4331,1819,068
Clerical and secretarial43,77535,63840,908+5,270-2,8672,60538,303
Craft and related 78,34267,82566,449-1,376-11,8935,05161,398
Personal and protective service50,11244,74145,783+1,042-4,3296,11739,666
Sales44,95739,59239,520-72-5,4378,76130,759
Plant and machine operatives64,43957,22157,032-189-7,4077,19449,838
Other occupation46,50143,21442,773-441-3,7288,52234,251
No occupation122,54921,54821,604+56-9458,69612,908
Total 404,515356,520363,628+7,108-40,88750,316313,312
        
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
 July 2014June 2015July 2015Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Duration
        
Males
   Less than one year115,816104,408104,565+157-11,25118,57585,990
   One year or more125,501107,006105,721-1,285-19,78010,25495,467
   Total241,317211,414210,286-1,128-31,03128,829181,457
       
Females       
   Less than one year100,02985,62493,641+8,017-6,38814,95478,687
   One year or more63,16959,48259,701+219-3,4686,53353,168
   Total163,198145,106153,342+8,236-9,85621,487131,855
       
All Persons       
   Less than one year215,845190,032198,206+8,174-17,63933,529164,677
   One year or more188,670166,488165,422-1,066-23,24816,787148,635
   Total404,515356,520363,628+7,108-40,88750,316313,312
        
Table 7 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register
   MalesMonthly change FemalesMonthly change All PersonsMonthly change
         
2013July 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
 February 43,860+154 37,344+92 81,204+246
 March 43,032-828 36,779-565 79,811-1,393
 April 42,207-825 36,158-621 78,365-1,446
 May 41,310-897 35,452-706 76,762-1,603
 June 41,083-227 35,478+26 76,561-201
 July 40,562-521 35,168-310 75,730-831
 August 39,709-853 34,417-751 74,126-1,604
 September 38,481-1,228 33,263-1,154 71,744-2,382
 October 38,275-206 33,177-86 71,452-292
 November 38,714+439 33,563+386 72,277+825
 December 38,681-33 33,681+118 72,362+85
          
2015January 38,549-132 33,536-145 72,085-277
 February 38,443-106 33,712+176 72,155+70
 March 38,119-324 33,285-427 71,404-751
 April 37,401-718 32,780-505 70,181-1,223
 May 36,899-502 32,360-420 69,259-922
 June 36,854-45 32,611+251 69,465+206
 July 36,457-397 32,342-269 68,799-666
Table 8 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  
          
2013July16,8733,74840,13613,312 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
 February15,1473,83639,33711,372 69,692328,377398,069
 March14,9183,65038,58711,267 68,422322,810391,232
 April 14,7573,63837,86711,133 67,395321,164388,559
 May14,6823,64837,09211,388 66,810321,954388,764
 June15,0343,75136,77211,793 67,350331,463398,813
 July15,1733,71236,39911,656 66,940337,575404,515
 August14,9853,67435,44511,280 65,384332,941398,325
 September14,0753,49433,84310,099 61,511308,539370,050
 October13,6873,46033,3249,420 59,891298,739358,630
 November13,5493,64133,5789,133 59,901292,746352,647
 December13,6323,64434,0909,074 60,440295,672356,112
        
2015January13,6653,68835,2198,916 61,488297,184358,672
 February13,5373,60135,1668,706 61,010294,114355,124
 March13,3143,38934,4468,710 59,859288,817348,676
 April 13,0543,30633,6708,671 58,701284,850343,551
 May13,0413,30033,1388,920 58,399287,234345,633
 June13,3513,38133,1959,419 59,346297,174356,520
 July13,4633,41832,6599,433 58,973304,655363,628
1With the addition of Croatia from July 2013, EU15- EU28
Table 9 Live Register Compositional Analysis
 July 2012July 2013July 2014July 2015
  % of total % of total % of total % of total
 NumberNumberNumberNumber
Sex        
Males287,79062.5270,30361.2241,31759.7210,28657.8
Females172,53337.5171,67338.8163,19840.3153,34242.2
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
        
Age        
Under 25 years80,70517.572,53416.462,08215.350,31613.8
25 years and over379,61882.5369,44283.6342,43384.7313,31286.2
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
        
Scheme        
JB Claims100,03521.781,71718.559,41314.753,73514.8
JA Applications326,00270.8325,84673.7308,65176.3275,18175.7
Other Registrants34,2867.434,4137.836,4519.034,7129.5
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
Duration of Continuous Registration        
Less than one year260,23756.5244,40555.3215,84553.4198,20654.5
One year or more200,08643.5197,57144.7188,67046.6165,42245.5
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
Nationality Grouping        
Irish Nationals381,90183.0367,90783.2337,57583.5304,65583.8
Non-Irish Nationals78,42217.074,06916.866,94016.558,97316.2
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
NUTS2 Regions1        
Border, Midland and Western142,84731.0138,65931.4127,33131.5114,70531.5
Southern and Eastern317,47669.0303,31768.6277,18468.5248,92368.5
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
Last Held Occupation        
Managers and administrators17,0593.717,6214.016,3114.015,3984.2
Professional29,6896.428,3736.425,8476.423,9126.6
Associate professional and technical13,2862.912,7362.911,6822.910,2492.8
Clerical and secretarial48,88110.646,66810.643,77510.840,90811.2
Craft and related 104,22922.692,80021.078,34219.466,44918.3
Personal and protective service53,40211.652,86612.050,11212.445,78312.6
Sales50,29210.948,65411.044,95711.139,52010.9
Plant and machine operatives71,60715.670,47315.964,43915.957,03215.7
Other occupation51,24611.149,57111.246,50111.542,77311.8
No occupation220,6324.522,2145.022,5495.621,6045.9
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
Casual Status        
No casual and part-time work372,28280.9354,55780.2328,78581.3294,82981.1
Casual and part-time work88,04119.187,41919.875,73018.768,79918.9
Total460,323100.0441,976100.0404,515100.0363,628100.0
         
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.
Live Register Activation Programmes    
 June 2014May 2015June 2015
Back to Work Schemes    
Back to Work allowance scheme - Employee strand1600
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand10,51711,52311,621
Short-term Enterprise Allowance2 558486490
Total Back to Work payments 11,08112,00912,111
    
Other Activation Programmes    
DSP Part-time Job Incentive319399378
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011) 7,3007,9438,001
JobBridge (2011)6,7825,7785,338
Gateway (2013)33082,1602,208
Total Other Activation Programmes14,70916,28015,925
        
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors) 23,17024,56323,112
    
FAS (Solas) Full Time Training for Unemployed People4 8,5827,8827,502
        
Back to Education Courses    
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)5N/AN/AN/A
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)65,00915,1546,418
Total Back to Education Courses 10,00920,15411,418
        
Total Activation Programmes67,55180,88870,068
    
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 Gateway Scheme included from December 2013.   
4 Specific Skills Training/Local Training initiative/Traineeship/Return to Work. 
5 VTOS figures are estimated at 5,000 each year.
6 BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA & JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays.

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: 

July 2015 – 27th June 2015 to 31st July 2015
July 2014 – 28th June 2014 to 25th July 2014

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 Quarterly National Household Survey (formerly the Annual Labour Force Survey).

 

Standardised unemployment rates

The Standardised Unemployment Rate (SUR) series, previously in Table 3, has been discontinued from May 2015. It has been replaced by the Monthly Unemployment release, which is published  two days before the Live Register.

 

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.

 

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)

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 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 here

 

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, to see these please click here

 

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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