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Live Register September 2024

The seasonally adjusted Live Register fell by 1.2% to 166,800 people over the month to September 2024

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CSO statistical release, 04 October 2024, 11am

Key Findings

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for September 2024 was 166,800 people, down by 2,100 people or 1.2% from August 2024.
The unadjusted Live Register total stood at 162,855 people for September 2024.
Of the 162,855 people on the unadjusted Live Register in September 2024, 55.3% were male and 71.8% were Irish.
The 25-34 age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in September 2024 at 38,222 people or 23.5% of the total.
Kildare was the only county that recorded an increase in the number of people on the Live Register in the 12 months to September 2024 (+0.7%).
In September 2024 there were 104,903 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 6,286 fewer people (-5.7%) than September 2023.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (04 October 2024) issued results from the Live Register for September 2024.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said:

“The unadjusted Live Register total for September 2024 was 162,855. When seasonal effects are considered, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for September 2024 was 166,800 or 2,100 fewer people than August 2024.

There were 13,804 people benefitting from the EU's Temporary Protection Directive included in the Live Register figures for September 2024, a decrease of 3,509 people from August 2024 - see Editor's Note**.

Kildare was the only county that recorded an increase in the number of people on the Live Register in the 12 months to September 2024 (+0.7%) - (See PxStat Table LRM15).

The number of people on the Live Register for one year or more in September 2024 was 57,952, which was 4,761 fewer people (-7.6%) than a year earlier. There were 104,903 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which represents just under two-thirds of the total number of people on the Live Register.”

Editor's Note

People arriving in Ireland from Ukraine under the EU's Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) can access a wide range of Department of Social Protection (DSP) supports. The majority of new applications for income support from people of working age are being processed as Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) claims until the most appropriate income support for that person is identified. This facilitates access to existing part-time work supports where appropriate. If a person is on JA for 20* claim paid days or more, they are counted on the Live Register.

*Before October 2022, persons availing of TPD were included in the Live Register when they had been in receipt of JA for 50 days or more.

**With effect from 9 September 2024, Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection living in designated state-provided serviced accommodation are not entitled to social assistance payments. 199 Accommodation Centres have been designated as Designated Accommodation Centres (DACs). Beneficiaries of the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) living in an accommodation that has since been designated a Designated Accommodation Centre no longer qualify for Jobseeker’s Allowance and thus are no longer enumerated on the Live Register. They may continue to have an entitlement to Child Benefit and to Additional Needs Payments, subject to the normal eligibility criteria.

Data in this release are subject to revision based on updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added, such revisions are typically very minor in scale. It should be noted that larger revisions can occur when the comprehensive annual review of the seasonal adjustment model is carried out in January of each year. See background notes for further details.

The seasonally adjusted Live Register decreased by 1.2% to 166,800 over the month to September 2024

Total Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
	Live Register Total	Seasonally Adjusted
September 2023	173,902	178,000
August 2024	177,868	168,900
September 2024	162,855	166,800

Change in month	-	-2,100
Change in year	-11,047	-

Open in Excel: Live Register September 2024 Headline Table (XLS 32KB)

Table 1 Total Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted

The counties that saw the largest percentage decrease in the number of persons on the Live Register in the 12 months to September 2024 were Clare (-19.8%), Kerry (-18.0%) and Donegal (-16.3%)

The number of Jobseeker's Allowance claims decreased by 8.3% (-10,196) in September 2024 compared with 12 months earlier

The number of Jobseeker's Benefit claims increased by 4.8% (+1,793) in September 2024 compared with 12 months earlier.

Table 2 Total Persons on the Live Register classified by Age and Sex

The number of persons on the Live Register for one year or more in September 2024 was 57,952 - down 4,761 (-7.6%) from a year earlier

Table 3 Persons on the Live Register classified by Sex and Duration of Continuous Registration

19,900

people under the age of 25 were on the Live Register in September 2024.

This cohort accounted for 12.2% of all claimants.

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register September 2024

Persons between the ages of 25 and 54 accounted for just under two-thirds of those on the Live Register in September 2024

Table 4 Summary of flows on and off the Live Register

Table 4 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
2023	September	19,741	4,492	15,249	4,995	17,663	3,947	13,716	7,536	37,404	8,439	28,966	12,531
	October	19,668	4,759	14,909	4,138	17,092	3,815	13,277	3,918	36,760	8,574	28,186	8,056
	November	19,958	5,445	14,513	4,416	17,285	4,526	12,759	3,812	37,243	9,971	27,272	8,228
	December	21,319	4,761	16,558	2,708	18,421	3,958	14,463	2,366	39,740	8,719	31,021	5,074

2024	January	22,620	5,562	17,058	3,669	19,291	4,932	14,359	3,637	41,911	10,494	31,417	7,306
	February	21,457	5,170	16,287	5,480	18,345	4,154	14,191	4,521	39,802	9,324	30,478	10,001
	March	21,211	4,277	16,934	3,902	19,256	4,749	14,507	3,433	40,467	9,026	31,441	7,335
	April	20,585	4,510	16,075	4,426	18,080	4,050	14,030	4,728	38,665	8,560	30,105	9,154
	May	20,283	5,172	15,111	4,763	17,754	4,366	13,388	4,199	38,037	9,538	28,499	8,962
	June	21,065	5,086	15,979	3,723	22,425	8,162	14,263	3,015	43,490	13,248	30,242	6,738
	July	22,673	5,859	16,814	3,536	29,401	10,288	19,113	2,859	52,074	16,147	35,927	6,395
	August	22,040	5,618	16,422	5,520	23,455	5,131	18,324	10,469	45,495	10,749	34,746	15,989
	September	20,580	4,496	16,084	5,301	18,617	3,990	14,627	8,413	39,197	8,486	30,711	13,714
JA Applications
2023	September	70,613	4,688	65,925	7,095	52,503	3,662	48,841	7,571	123,116	8,350	114,766	14,666
	October	69,564	4,777	64,787	6,481	51,107	3,789	47,318	5,816	120,671	8,566	112,105	12,297
	November	69,247	5,419	63,828	6,415	50,683	4,336	46,347	5,212	119,930	9,755	110,175	11,627
	December	69,824	12,289	57,535	12,372	51,165	17,497	33,668	17,417	120,989	29,786	91,203	29,789

2024	January	71,335	4,986	66,349	4,054	51,855	3,807	48,048	3,492	123,190	8,793	114,397	7,546
	February	70,705	4,985	65,720	6,393	51,373	3,995	47,378	4,944	122,078	8,980	113,098	11,337
	March	70,033	3,990	66,043	5,242	50,839	3,169	47,670	4,019	120,872	7,159	113,713	9,261
	April	68,926	3,615	65,311	5,376	49,966	2,936	47,030	4,206	118,892	6,551	112,341	9,582
	May	68,762	5,498	63,264	6,309	49,783	4,503	45,280	5,080	118,545	10,001	108,544	11,389
	June	68,702	4,741	63,961	5,343	50,862	4,783	46,079	4,085	119,564	9,524	110,040	9,428
	July	69,470	4,906	64,564	4,796	52,404	5,059	47,345	3,897	121,874	9,965	111,909	8,693
	August	69,336	5,409	63,927	6,230	51,168	4,526	46,642	6,227	120,504	9,935	110,569	12,457
	September	66,357	4,735	61,622	8,335	46,563	3,704	42,859	8,670	112,920	8,439	104,481	17,005
Other Registrants
2023	September	3,822	92	3,730	628	9,560	161	9,399	1,710	13,382	253	13,129	2,338
	October	3,494	101	3,393	481	8,786	228	8,558	1,074	12,280	329	11,951	1,555
	November	3,521	135	3,386	166	8,752	209	8,543	314	12,273	344	11,929	480
	December	3,527	107	3,420	133	8,747	197	8,550	256	12,274	304	11,970	389

2024	January	3,503	106	3,397	142	8,660	135	8,525	273	12,163	241	11,922	415
	February	3,481	81	3,400	175	8,621	179	8,442	333	12,102	260	11,842	508
	March	3,467	82	3,385	139	8,590	175	8,415	293	12,057	257	11,800	432
	April	3,452	74	3,378	146	8,488	140	8,348	342	11,940	214	11,726	488
	May	3,434	88	3,346	170	8,390	139	8,251	336	11,824	227	11,597	506
	June	3,398	71	3,327	144	8,457	281	8,176	311	11,855	352	11,503	455
	July	3,415	102	3,313	139	8,605	370	8,235	298	12,020	472	11,548	437
	August	3,368	125	3,243	215	8,501	314	8,187	562	11,869	439	11,430	777
	September	3,077	92	2,985	413	7,661	158	7,503	1,056	10,738	250	10,488	1,469
All Schemes
2023	September	94,176	9,272	84,904	12,718	79,726	7,769	71,957	16,817	173,902	17,041	156,861	29,535
	October	92,726	9,637	83,089	11,100	76,985	7,832	69,153	10,808	169,711	17,469	152,242	21,908
	November	92,726	10,999	81,727	10,997	76,720	9,071	67,649	9,338	169,446	20,070	149,376	20,335
	December	94,670	17,157	77,513	15,213	78,333	21,652	56,681	20,039	173,003	38,809	134,194	35,252

2024	January	97,458	10,654	86,804	7,865	79,806	8,874	70,932	7,402	177,264	19,528	157,736	15,267
	February	95,643	10,236	85,407	12,048	78,339	8,328	70,011	9,798	173,982	18,564	155,418	21,846
	March	94,711	8,349	86,362	9,283	78,685	8,093	70,592	7,745	173,396	16,442	156,954	17,028
	April	92,963	8,199	84,764	9,948	76,534	7,126	69,408	9,276	169,497	15,325	154,172	19,224
	May	92,479	10,758	81,721	11,242	75,927	9,008	66,919	9,615	168,406	19,766	148,640	20,857
	June	93,165	9,898	83,267	9,210	81,744	13,226	68,518	7,411	174,909	23,124	151,785	16,621
	July	95,558	10,867	84,691	8,471	90,410	15,717	74,693	7,054	185,968	26,584	159,384	15,525
	August	94,744	11,152	83,592	11,965	83,124	9,971	73,153	17,258	177,868	21,123	156,745	29,223
	September	90,014	9,323	80,691	14,049	72,841	7,852	64,989	18,139	162,855	17,175	145,680	32,188
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.

Open in Excel: Live Register September 2024 Table 4 (XLS 42KB)

Table 5 Casual and Part-time Workers on the Live Register

Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by Nationality Grouping

There were 31,603 persons availing of activation programmes in August 2024, representing an increase of 399 persons (1.3%) from the previous year

Data up to the end of August 2024 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.

Persons on activation programmes are not counted as part of the monthly Live Register.

Annex Table A1 Number of Persons availing of Activation Programmes

Annex Table A2 Live Register total classified by Recipient and Non-Recipient

13,804

people benefitting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) included in the Live Register figures for September 2024.

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register September 2024

63.4% of those benefitting from TPD in September 2024 were female (8,752). 89.8% (12,399) of all recipients were over 25 years old

Table A3 Total persons benefitting from the Temporary Protection Directive (Ukraine)

Additional Live Register Information

Detailed tables relating to the monthly estimates of the number of persons on Live Register classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions are included in the CSO Main Data Dissemination Service LRM17 on PxStat.

Table LRM13 on PxStat includes the Live Register occupational data which is sourced from information collected by the DSP on the most recent occupation of claimants when they sign on the Live Register.

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Table 1 Total persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
		Unadjusted Series			Seasonally Adjusted Series¹
	Month	Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2022	September	95,177	83,878	179,055	96,100	87,100	183,200
	October	95,732	83,823	179,555	97,900	87,300	185,200
	November	96,632	84,252	180,884	98,600	87,900	186,500
	December	98,710	85,932	184,642	98,600	87,900	186,500

2023	January	99,207	84,973	184,180	97,700	86,600	184,400
	February	98,084	84,792	182,876	97,200	86,300	183,500
	March	96,761	82,542	179,303	96,700	85,200	181,900
	April	95,749	82,831	178,580	96,500	84,300	180,800
	May	94,869	81,747	176,616	96,400	85,000	181,300
	June	96,228	88,319	184,547	96,200	84,800	180,900
	July	98,781	96,005	194,786	96,200	83,800	180,100
	August	97,613	88,504	186,117	95,300	81,200	176,500
	September	94,176	79,726	173,902	95,300	82,700	178,000
	October	92,726	76,985	169,711	94,900	81,200	176,100
	November	92,726	76,720	169,446	94,600	80,700	175,300
	December	94,670	78,333	173,003	94,600	80,500	175,200

2024	January	97,458	79,806	177,264	95,800	81,000	176,700
	February	95,643	78,339	173,982	94,800	80,000	174,700
	March	94,711	78,685	173,396	94,500	79,700	174,100
	April	92,963	76,534	169,497	94,100	79,100	173,300
	May	92,479	75,927	168,406	93,900	78,700	172,600
	June	93,165	81,744	174,909	93,200	78,000	171,200
	July	95,558	90,410	185,968	92,900	78,100	171,100
	August	94,744	83,124	177,868	92,400	76,500	168,900
	September	90,014	72,841	162,855	91,200	75,700	166,800
¹ Table contains revised figures

Table 3 Persons on the Live Register classified by duration of continuous registration
Duration	September 2023	August 2024	September 2024	Monthly change	Annual change	Under 25 years	25 years & over
Males
Less than one year	58,869	59,896	56,637	-3,259	-2,232	8,684	47,953
One year or more	35,307	34,848	33,377	-1,471	-1,930	2,351	31,026
Total	94,176	94,744	90,014	-4,730	-4,162	11,035	78,979

Females
Less than one year	52,320	55,760	48,266	-7,494	-4,054	7,142	41,124
One year or more	27,406	27,364	24,575	-2,789	-2,831	1,723	22,852
Total	79,726	83,124	72,841	-10,283	-6,885	8,865	63,976

All Persons
Less than one year	111,189	115,656	104,903	-10,753	-6,286	15,826	89,077
One year or more	62,713	62,212	57,952	-4,260	-4,761	4,074	53,878
Total	173,902	177,868	162,855	-15,013	-11,047	19,900	142,955

Table 5 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register
		Males	Monthly change	Females	Monthly change	All Persons	Monthly change
2022	September	10,930	-184	14,516	-81	25,446	-265
	October	10,973	+43	14,824	+308	25,797	+351
	November	11,132	+159	14,957	+133	26,089	+292
	December	11,403	+271	15,260	+303	26,663	+574

2023	January	11,286	-117	14,939	-321	26,225	-438
	February	11,405	+119	14,978	+39	26,383	+158
	March	11,435	+30	14,990	+12	26,425	+42
	April	11,410	-25	14,919	-71	26,329	-96
	May	11,387	-23	14,831	-88	26,218	-111
	June	11,392	+05	14,795	-36	26,187	-31
	July	11,245	-147	14,715	-80	25,960	-227
	August	11,028	-217	14,376	-339	25,404	-556
	September	10,784	-244	13,994	-382	24,778	-626
	October	10,889	+105	14,031	+37	24,920	+142
	November	11,084	+195	14,344	+313	25,428	+508
	December	11,196	+112	14,545	+201	25,741	+313

2024	January	10,946	-250	14,271	-274	25,217	-524
	February	11,031	+85	14,446	+175	25,477	+260
	March	10,954	-77	14,469	+23	25,423	-54
	April	10,768	-186	14,399	-70	25,167	-256
	May	10,534	-234	14,115	-284	24,649	-518
	June	10,412	-122	14,020	-95	24,432	-217
	July	10,261	-151	13,836	-184	24,097	-335
	August	10,151	-110	13,570	-266	23,721	-376
	September	9,747	-404	12,746	-824	22,493	-1,228

Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by Nationality Grouping
		Nationality Grouping
		Non-Irish nationals
		United Kingdom	EU14_2020 excl. IRL	EU15-EU27_2020	Other	Non-Irish nationals	Irish nationals	All Persons
2022	September	6,155	2,453	16,131	21,410	46,149	132,906	179,055
	October	5,995	2,420	15,938	25,268	49,621	129,934	179,555
	November	5,944	2,515	16,033	27,174	51,666	129,218	180,884
	December	6,037	2,563	16,325	29,562	54,487	130,155	184,642

2023	January	6,002	2,611	16,360	30,233	55,206	128,974	184,180
	February	5,952	2,624	16,149	30,589	55,314	127,562	182,876
	March	5,788	2,565	15,691	30,918	54,962	124,341	179,303
	April	5,752	2,600	15,533	30,700	54,585	123,995	178,580
	May	5,677	2,641	15,141	30,699	54,158	122,458	176,616
	June	5,892	2,781	15,213	31,338	55,224	129,323	184,547
	July	6,132	2,912	15,605	32,106	56,755	138,031	194,786
	August	5,823	2,869	15,029	32,191	55,912	130,205	186,117
	September	5,455	2,667	14,447	30,798	53,367	120,535	173,902
	October	5,401	2,608	14,240	30,283	52,532	117,179	169,711
	November	5,390	2,621	14,435	30,324	52,770	116,676	169,446
	December	5,430	2,779	14,858	30,990	54,057	118,946	173,003

2024	January	5,522	3,018	15,479	31,542	55,561	121,703	177,264
	February	5,434	2,977	15,189	31,154	54,754	119,228	173,982
	March	5,415	2,951	14,975	30,541	53,882	119,514	173,396
	April	5,324	2,936	14,761	29,494	52,515	116,982	169,497
	May	5,275	2,891	14,466	28,704	51,336	117,070	168,406
	June	5,472	2,996	14,565	28,527	51,560	123,349	174,909
	July	5,755	3,272	15,018	28,556	52,601	133,367	185,968
	August	5,542	3,158	14,465	27,833	50,998	126,870	177,868
	September	5,216	2,977	13,857	23,925	45,975	116,880	162,855

Annex Table A1 - Number of Persons availing of Activation Programmes⁴
	August 2023	July 2024	August 2024
Back to Work Schemes
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand	2,118	1,933	1,929
Short-term Enterprise Allowance¹	231	272	269
Total Back to Work payments	2,349	2,205	2,198

Other Activation Programmes
DSP Part-time Job Incentive	92	59	59
TÚS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011)	4,431	4,505	4,445
Work Placement Experience Programme²	782	1,151	1,184
Total Other Activation Programmes	5,305	5,715	5,688

Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors)	18,737	19,247	19,225

SOLAS (FÁS) Full Time Training for Unemployed People	3,530	4,422	3,422

Back to Education Courses
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)	1,039	953	952
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)³	244	124	118
Total Back to Education Courses	1,283	1,077	1,070

Total Activation Programmes	31,204	32,666	31,603
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.
²This scheme was introduced in July 2021. The Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) is a 6-month, 30 hour per week voluntary work experience programme.
³ BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA & JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays. In 2020 and 2021 some BTEA recipients were paid for the summer period.
⁴ Figures related to May 2022 onwards are recorded on a slightly different basis, in respect of the record date, and the exclusion of suspended payments.

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