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Live Register

August 2021

 Live Register TotalSeasonally AdjustedPandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP)Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)Total 1
August 2020225,844212,000226,959396,10180,176859,049
July 2021184,213170,000163,327-363,198689,993
August 2021179,761168,400143,606-n/an/a
       
Change in month--1,600- 19,721-n/an/a
Change in year-46,083--83,353-n/an/a
1 Estimated total number of persons (excluding overlaps) on the Live Register or benefitting from the PUP, the TWSS or the EWSS

Total number of persons on the Live Register or receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment decreased by 6.9% to 323,010 over the month to August 2021

Live Register Seasonally Adjusted
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The unadjusted Live Register total for August 2021 was 179,761 persons; this consisted of 94,986 males (52.8%) and 84,775 females (47.2%). Of those on the Live Register for August 2021, 20,496 or 11.4%, are under 25 years of age, while 159,265 or 88.6%, are 25 years of age and over. See Tables 1a, 1b and 1c.

On an adjusted basis, the number of male and female claimants on the Live Register were 92,100 and 76,300 representing 54.7% and 45.3% of the seasonally adjusted Live Register total respectively. See Table 2a.

At the end of August 2021, 143,606 of those whose income from employment has been affected due to COVID-19 were being facilitated through the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) which is administered by the Department of Social Protection (DSP). There are currently 83,353 less persons in receipt of the PUP than at the end of August 2020.  Users should consider the impact of Government restrictions when comparing the number of people in receipt of the PUP at different points in time. See Table A2.

The PUP recipients at the end of August 2021 consisted of 77,067 males (53.7%) and 66,539 females (46.3%). Breaking this down by age, 26,282 or 18.3%, were under 25 years of age, while 117,324 or 81.7%, were 25 years of age and over. See Table A2 and Infographic.

A total of 323,010 persons were either on the Live Register or were benefitting from the PUP in August 2021. This compares to 346,907 in the month of July 2021.

The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) replaced the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) from 01 September 2020. There were a small number of EWSS claims in July and August 2020 in respect of newly hired or seasonally hired employees who were ineligible for the TWSS.

A total of 689,993 persons were on the Live Register or were benefitting from the PUP or EWSS in July 2021 which is down from 951,605 a year earlier. See Table A2 and PxStat LRM20.

While the PUP and the Live Register are weekly schemes, the availability of EWSS data depends on an employee’s pay frequency which could be weekly, fortnightly, every four weeks or monthly. Because of these differing pay frequencies, and the time it takes for employers to lodge payslip data with the Revenue Commissioners before it is made available to the CSO for dissemination purposes, there is a lag on the availability of the EWSS estimates in the same way there was for the TWSS estimates.

The EWSS estimates are based on a person being directly supported by the EWSS scheme, i.e. their employer is in receipt of an EWSS subsidy in respect of that employee. Monthly estimates of the number of persons being directly supported by the EWSS are included in Table A2 below and in LRM20 on PxStat. While these tables contain August 2021 estimates of the number of persons on the Live Register or in receipt of the PUP, the EWSS estimates are only available up to July 2021.  Please also see the COVID-19 Income Supports - An Analysis of Recipients March 2020 to May 2021  Frontier publication that was published by the CSO on 20 May 2021.

Users should note that the EWSS estimates will be subject to revision as the CSO receive more up to date data relating to the scheme, with more recent months possibly subject to larger revisions. It should also be noted that, because age and/or sex is unknown for some recipients of the EWSS, the sum for those aged under 25 years and those aged 25 years and over, for example, may not equal the value for all ages as that total will include those whose age is unknown.

Table A2 below also includes monthly estimates of the total number of persons on the Live Register, or who are being supported by the PUP, TWSS or EWSS (Estimated Number of Persons on the LR or benefitting from PUP, TWSS or EWSS). Table LRM20 in PxStat published today, includes both that "Total" and one that excludes those on Live Register (Estimated Number of Persons benefitting from PUP, TWSS or EWSS) for the period of March 2020 through to July 2021. Both of these “Totals” remove any overlap or duplication within the relevant schemes for each month as they count each person only once even if they appear on more than one scheme in the reference month.

In July 2021, 363,198 persons are currently estimated to have been directly supported by the EWSS. There were more persons aged 25 years and over (260,724) than under 25 years (98,991) being supported by the scheme in July 2021, with those age groups representing 72.5% and 27.5% respectively of those whose age was known. There were 179,543 males (49.9%) and 180,187 females (50.1%) being supported by the scheme in July 2021.

Table LRM20 on PxStat includes EWSS estimates for the period July 2020 through to July 2021. The numbers being directly supported by the EWSS for July 2020 (22,487) and August 2020 (80,176) are much lower than the subsequent months as the TWSS was still operational and EWSS claims were only approved for new hires and seasonal staff who were ineligible for the TWSS. The highest number of EWSS recipients occurred in October 2020 when it stood at 371,800.

As outlined above, Table A2 includes the Estimated Number of Persons on the LR or benefitting from PUP, TWSS or EWSS [Total (Excluding overlaps)] and this total is estimated to have stood at 689,993 in July 2021. There were 78.3% persons aged 25 years and over (537,861) and 21.7% aged under 25 years (148,649) being supported by all these schemes in July 2021. There were more males (51.4% or 353,013) than females (48.6% or 333,512) being supported by the schemes.

Table LRM20 on PxStat also includes the total for all schemes for the period March 2020 through to July 2021. The number of those being supported by all schemes was lowest for March 2020 (688,178), however, this was the first month of operation of the COVID-19 income support schemes and the total for July 2021 is the next lowest point of the series since March 2020. The first Payment of the PUP referred to the week ending on 22 March 2020, while the TWSS was first paid on 24 March 2020, but could relate to earlier payslips. The current high point of the series was reached in April 2020 (1,179,266).

The total that excludes the Live Register (Estimated Number of Persons benefitting from PUP, TWSS or EWSS) is also included in LRM20 for the period March 2020 through to July 2021. Similar patterns were observed for the total including the Live Register as described above. Again, the number of those being supported by these schemes was lowest for March 2020 (516,228) and highest for April 2020 (1,012,081). In July 2021, the Estimated Number of Persons benefitting from PUP, TWSS or EWSS stood at 521,194 with those aged over 25 years representing 75.0% and those aged under 25 years representing 25.0% of the total (for those whose age is known). In July 2021, males represented 50.9% and females represented 49.1% of the total number of persons benefitting from the COVID-19 income support schemes. 

A review of non-recipient Live Register claims is ongoing at the DSP and relates primarily to cases where a person who was in receipt of the PUP has since closed their PUP claim and reported a return to employment. This will impact the Live Register totals, as some of these non-recipient jobseeker claims were included on the Live Register, but their jobseeker claims were not automatically closed at that time. Please see the Technical Note published by the CSO alongside the Live Register release for August 2020 for more information including an analysis of Live Register components based on their recipient status. A table providing a breakdown of Live Register claimants by recipient and non-recipient status is available in Annex Table A3 at the end of this Live Register release today, while the corresponding series from January 2012 onwards is also available on PxStat.

The Live Register for August 2021 has been compiled in the traditional way and the usual tables are included below. The CSO will continue to evaluate the available income support schemes and the results of the recipient and non-recipient analysis of the Live Register to determine whether any changes are required to the methodology for the Live Register to improve the usability of the series. In the meantime, caution needs to be exercised when assessing monthly changes. Any changes the CSO may make to the Live Register methodology in the future will be clearly outlined to users in the Live Register release and accompanying material. 

The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment.  It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) or Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA).  Unemployment is measured by the Labour Force Survey.

The Monthly Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted) is published in the Monthly Unemployment Release.  

The Labour Market Analysis area of the CSO are compiling a mailing list of users who wish to register their interest in being kept informed of Labour Market related updates from the CSO. These email updates will include advising users of any updates to the aggregate tables available at the link above. If you wish to be included in this mailing list, please email labour@cso.ie and register your email address for inclusion on the mailing list.


Annex - Activation Programmes

Data up to the end of July 2021 on the number of persons availing of a range of programmes targeted primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and other welfare recipients is provided in the Annex Table A1 – Number of persons availing of Activation Programmes table.

There were 33,657 persons availing of these programmes in July 2021, which is a decrease of 5,086 persons (-13.1%) from the previous year, when there were 38,743 persons in activation programmes. 

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

DurationLess than one yearOne year or more
August 201912328875805
September 201911218971594
October 201911131369146
November 201910955268002
December 201911443867558
January 202011605067705
February 202011574566871
March 202013824466965
April 202014629168450
May 202015579869864
June 202014920471667
July 202016982274740
August 202015003975805
September 202013559675896
October 202012844274730
November 202011895375105
December 202011405075810
January 202111090577638
February 202110748379219
March 202110194681150
April 20219684181128
May 20219153980160
June 20219496580316
July 202110450879705
August 20219999179770
Under 25 years25 years and over
August 201922471176622
August 202031364194480
August 202120496159265
Broad Occupational GroupAugust 2019August 2020August 2021
110203102567302
2147791555311615
3696976515567
4258722472821372
5314793191923062
6251092683219433
7196872046114257
8283012884521553
9240042564719596
10126903395236004
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

 

Table 1(a) Total persons on the Live Register
CategoryAugust 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims24,74716,39616,153-243-8,594
    JA Applications91,50274,26773,318-949-18,184
    Other Registrants6,2545,5885,515-73-739
    Total122,50396,25194,986-1,265-27,517
 
Females
    JB Claims29,95926,27524,176-2,099-5,783
    JA Applications58,80148,48247,577-905-11,224
    Other Registrants14,58113,20513,022-183-1,559
    Total103,34187,96284,775-3,187-18,566
 
All Persons
    JB Claims54,70642,67140,329-2,342-14,377
    JA Applications150,303122,749120,895-1,854-29,408
    Other Registrants20,83518,79318,537-256-2,298
    Total225,844184,213179,761-4,452-46,083
Open in Excel: Live Register August 2021 Table 1(a) (XLS 37KB)
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Table 1(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register
CategoryAugust 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims1,9741,0961,204+108-770
    JA Applications15,0859,9689,765-203-5,320
    Other Registrants483432-2-16
    Total17,10711,09811,001-97-6,106
 
Females
    JB Claims2,6871,8711,865-6-822
    JA Applications11,5117,7157,607-108-3,904
    Other Registrants593123-8-36
    Total14,2579,6179,495-122-4,762
 
All Persons
    JB Claims4,6612,9673,069+102-1,592
    JA Applications26,59617,68317,372-311-9,224
    Other Registrants1076555-10-52
    Total31,36420,71520,496-219-10,868
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Table 1(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register
CategoryAugust 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims22,77315,30014,949-351-7,824
    JA Applications76,41764,29963,553-746-12,864
    Other Registrants6,2065,5545,483-71-723
    Total105,39685,15383,985-1,168-21,411
 
Females
    JB Claims27,27224,40422,311-2,093-4,961
    JA Applications47,29040,76739,970-797-7,320
    Other Registrants14,52213,17412,999-175-1,523
    Total89,08478,34575,280-3,065-13,804
 
All Persons
    JB Claims50,04539,70437,260-2,444-12,785
    JA Applications123,707105,066103,523-1,543-20,184
    Other Registrants20,72818,72818,482-246-2,246
    Total194,480163,498159,265-4,233-35,215
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Table 2(a) Total persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
 Unadjusted SeriesSeasonally Adjusted Series¹
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
2019August107,84991,244199,093104,80083,300188,100
 September103,54880,235183,783104,60081,900186,500
 October100,96179,498180,459104,20082,500186,800
 November100,65976,895177,554104,20081,900186,100
 December102,87879,118181,996104,30081,400185,600
 
2020January104,60579,150183,755103,80081,200185,100
 February103,59679,020182,616102,70080,900183,700
 March113,26891,941205,209112,90096,000208,900
 April119,23295,509214,741119,90096,900216,700
 May124,960100,702225,662125,400103,900229,300
 June121,10899,763220,871119,30096,100215,400
 July132,446112,116244,562128,40097,700226,100
 August122,503103,341225,844118,70093,400212,000
 September117,52893,964211,492118,30095,500213,900
 October112,25390,919203,172115,70094,200209,900
 November108,25885,800194,058112,00092,000204,000
 December106,15283,708189,860107,70086,400194,100
 
2021January106,25982,284188,543105,60084,800190,400
 February105,11481,588186,702104,40083,900188,300
 March103,28379,813183,096103,00083,400186,400
 April99,93378,036177,969100,40078,900179,300
 May96,44875,251171,69997,00077,800174,700
 June96,08179,200175,28194,80076,800171,500
 July96,25187,962184,21393,40076,600170,000
 August94,98684,775179,761 92,10076,300168,400
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
2019August12,7269,74522,47111,5008,30019,800
 September11,9498,39320,34211,6008,20019,800
 October11,1997,71918,91811,7008,30020,000
 November11,0007,36218,36211,9008,30020,200
 December11,1007,36918,46912,1008,30020,400
 
2020January11,7387,85319,59112,1008,30020,400
 February11,6998,03319,73212,0008,30020,300
 March13,07410,32323,39713,30010,70023,900
 April14,28111,31725,59814,60011,80026,400
 May16,27813,33929,61716,20013,60029,800
 June16,34313,23629,57915,40012,10027,500
 July17,84314,82832,67116,30012,40028,700
 August17,10714,25731,36415,40012,10027,400
 September15,96012,81728,77715,40012,50027,900
 October13,85011,02124,87114,50011,90026,300
 November12,98410,23523,21914,00011,70025,700
 December11,9369,06521,00113,10010,30023,400
 
2021January11,9859,03421,01912,5009,60022,100
 February11,8508,91020,76012,3009,20021,500
 March11,6348,66820,30211,8008,90020,800
 April11,1718,45419,62511,4008,80020,200
 May10,8838,15819,04110,8008,40019,200
 June11,0768,85719,93310,4008,10018,500
 July11,0989,61720,71510,1008,00018,100
 August11,0019,49520,496 9,9008,00017,800
¹ Table contains revised figures
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Table 2(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
  Unadjusted SeriesSeasonally Adjusted Series¹
 MonthMalesFemalesAll Persons MalesFemalesAll Persons
2019August95,12381,499176,622 93,30075,000188,100
 September91,59971,842163,441 93,00073,700186,500
 October89,76271,779161,541 92,50074,300186,800
 November89,65969,533159,192 92,30073,600186,100
 December91,77871,749163,527 92,10073,100185,600
 
2020January92,86771,297164,164 91,70072,900185,100
 February91,89770,987162,884 90,70072,700183,700
 March100,19481,618181,812 99,70085,300208,900
 April104,95184,192189,143 105,30085,000216,700
 May108,68287,363196,045 109,20090,300229,300
 June104,76586,527191,292 103,90084,000215,400
 July114,60397,288211,891 112,10085,300226,100
 August105,39689,084194,480 103,30081,300212,000
 September101,56881,147182,715 103,00083,000213,900
 October98,40379,898178,301 101,30082,300209,900
 November95,27475,565170,839 98,00080,300204,000
 December94,21674,643168,859 94,60076,100194,100
 
2021January94,27473,250167,524 93,10075,200190,400
 February93,26472,678165,942 92,10074,700188,300
 March91,64971,145162,794 91,10074,400186,400
 April88,76269,582158,344 89,00070,100179,300
 May85,56567,093152,658 86,10069,400174,700
 June85,00570,343155,348 84,40068,600171,500
 July85,15378,345163,498 83,30068,500170,000
 August83,98575,280159,265 82,20068,300168,400
¹ Table contains revised figures
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Table 3 Summary of flows on and off the Live Register¹
  Males Females All Claimants
  Live RegisterJoined Live RegisterStayed on Live RegisterLeft Live Register Live RegisterJoined Live RegisterStayed on Live RegisterLeft Live Register Live RegisterJoined Live RegisterStayed on Live RegisterLeft Live Register
JB Claims
2020August24,7474,76719,98012,595 29,9594,91125,04811,558 54,7069,67845,02824,153
 September22,1544,25217,9026,010 23,9974,81619,18110,123 46,1519,06837,08316,133
 October21,4416,20315,2385,973 24,2787,44316,8356,262 45,71913,64632,07312,235
 November19,8503,34616,5044,189 21,4733,26218,2115,460 41,3236,60834,7159,649
 December18,9852,99915,9862,983 20,7673,26517,5023,309 39,7526,26433,4886,292
 
2021January19,1963,45515,7412,735 19,7943,01516,7793,561 38,9906,47032,5206,296
 February18,8002,38516,4152,349 19,6462,46817,1782,279 38,4464,85333,5934,628
 March17,7941,79715,9972,328 18,6371,80316,8342,393 36,4313,60032,8314,721
 April16,3082,22214,0863,051 17,5592,53215,0272,947 33,8674,75429,1135,998
 May15,1182,21212,9062,947 16,2952,43713,8583,281 31,4134,64926,7646,228
 June14,9963,06911,9272,715 19,0165,74313,2732,518 34,0128,81225,2005,233
 July16,3964,89811,4982,919 26,27510,97215,3033,077 42,67115,87026,8015,996
 August16,1533,13013,0232,991 24,1763,58320,5935,272 40,3296,71333,6168,263
JA Applications
2020August91,5026,17885,3248,196 58,8014,86653,9356,704 150,30311,044139,25914,900
 September89,2385,44183,7978,476 55,8564,23051,6267,703 145,0949,671135,42316,179
 October84,7036,11978,58411,494 52,6315,16947,4629,101 137,33411,288126,04620,595
 November82,3413,75478,5876,802 50,5263,08847,4385,662 132,8676,842126,02512,464
 December81,1812,95078,2314,925 49,2242,25346,9714,065 130,4055,203125,2028,990
 
2021January81,1113,33377,7783,880 48,9992,64946,3503,220 130,1105,982124,1287,100
 February80,4122,60877,8043,686 48,5742,12846,4462,817 128,9864,736124,2506,503
 March79,6402,35877,2823,541 47,9431,80446,1392,770 127,5834,162123,4216,311
 April77,8682,44775,4214,800 47,3402,19445,1463,302 125,2084,641120,5678,102
 May75,6292,53273,0975,182 45,9662,17943,7873,879 121,5954,711116,8849,061
 June75,4624,20071,2624,793 47,2324,21143,0213,314 122,6948,411114,2838,107
 July74,2674,24770,0205,944 48,4825,02043,4624,256 122,7499,267113,48210,200
 August73,3183,38469,9344,675 47,5772,75744,8203,968 120,8956,141114,7548,643
Other Registrants
2020August6,254696,185166 14,58116014,421450 20,83522920,606616
 September6,136816,055263 14,11115813,953755 20,24723920,0081,018
 October6,1091205,989249 14,01029213,718587 20,11941219,707836
 November6,0671195,948222 13,80119513,606543 19,86831419,554765
 December5,986985,888246 13,71723013,487465 19,70332819,375711
 
2021January5,9521105,842177 13,49115013,341456 19,44326019,183633
 February5,902685,834170 13,36815613,212353 19,27022419,046523
 March5,849655,784183 13,23310513,128323 19,08217018,912506
 April5,757655,692233 13,13714212,995396 18,89420718,687629
 May5,701655,636168 12,99010712,883345 18,69117218,519513
 June5,623645,559192 12,95218212,770355 18,57524618,329547
 July5,5881445,444255 13,20553212,673430 18,79367618,117685
 August5,515715,444184 13,02215112,871438 18,53722218,315622
All Schemes
2020August122,50311,014111,48920,957 103,3419,93793,40418,712 225,84420,951204,89339,669
 September117,5289,774107,75414,749 93,9649,20484,76018,581 211,49218,978192,51433,330
 October112,25312,44299,81117,716 90,91912,90478,01515,950 203,17225,346177,82633,666
 November108,2587,219101,03911,213 85,8006,54579,25511,665 194,05813,764180,29422,878
 December106,1526,047100,1058,154 83,7085,74877,9607,839 189,86011,795178,06515,993
 
2021January106,2596,89899,3616,792 82,2845,81476,4707,237 188,54312,712175,83114,029
 February105,1145,061100,0536,205 81,5884,75276,8365,449 186,7029,813176,88911,654
 March103,2834,22099,0636,052 79,8133,71276,1015,486 183,0967,932175,16411,538
 April99,9334,73495,1998,084 78,0364,86873,1686,645 177,9699,602168,36714,729
 May96,4484,80991,6398,297 75,2514,72370,5287,505 171,6999,532162,16715,802
 June96,0817,33388,7487,700 79,20010,13669,0646,187 175,28117,469157,81213,887
 July96,2519,28986,9629,118 87,96216,52471,4387,763 184,21325,813158,40016,881
 August94,9866,58588,4017,850 84,7756,49178,2849,678 179,76113,076166,68517,528
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 4 Persons on the Live Register classified by region
NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions¹August 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
      Northern and Western22,06017,92417,662-262-4,3981,81715,845
      Border11,5979,4669,310-156-2,2879698,341
      West10,4638,4588,352-106-2,1118487,504
     
      Southern 38,09531,14430,694-450-7,4013,41327,281
      Mid-West12,1749,9999,812-187-2,3621,1748,638
      South-East12,85310,43110,227-204-2,6261,2358,992
      South-West13,06810,71410,655-59-2,4131,0049,651
        
     Eastern and Midland52,86144,38143,675-706-9,1864,92838,747
      Dublin29,41425,24524,872-373-4,5422,69622,176
      Mid-East14,92312,23711,980-257-2,9431,40010,580
      Midland8,5246,8996,823-76-1,7018325,991
      Total122,50396,25194,986-1,265-27,51711,00183,985
 
Females
      Northern and Western19,64116,36816,146-222-3,4951,61114,535
      Border9,9508,3778,222-155-1,7288557,367
      West9,6917,9917,924-67-1,7677567,168
     
      Southern 32,10628,29427,621-673-4,4852,97424,647
      Mid-West9,6068,4748,309-165-1,2971,0197,290
      South-East10,6949,3579,077-280-1,6171,0218,056
      South-West11,80610,46310,235-228-1,5719349,301
        
     Eastern and Midland42,84938,62537,746-879-5,1033,96833,778
      Dublin22,12720,30919,908-401-2,2191,99417,914
      Mid-East13,34111,84611,497-349-1,8441,18710,310
      Midland7,3816,4706,341-129-1,0407875,554
      Total103,34187,96284,775-3,187-18,5669,49575,280
 
All Persons
      Northern and Western41,70134,29233,808-484-7,8933,42830,380
      Border21,54717,84317,532-311-4,0151,82415,708
      West20,15416,44916,276-173-3,8781,60414,672
     
      Southern 70,20159,43858,315-1,123-11,8866,38751,928
      Mid-West21,78018,47318,121-352-3,6592,19315,928
      South-East23,54719,78819,304-484-4,2432,25617,048
      South-West24,87421,17720,890-287-3,9841,93818,952
        
     Eastern and Midland95,71083,00681,421-1,585-14,2898,89672,525
      Dublin51,54145,55444,780-774-6,7614,69040,090
      Mid-East28,26424,08323,477-606-4,7872,58720,890
      Midland15,90513,36913,164-205-2,7411,61911,545
      Total225,844184,213179,761-4,452-46,08320,496159,265
1 The composition of the regions is described in the Background Notes
2 From January 2018, registrations which have yet not being assigned to a DSP local office of registration are included in the Live Register Totals. These registrations are not included in individual NUTS3/ NUTS2 totals in this table
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Table 5 Persons on the Live Register classified by last held occupation
Broad occupational groupAugust 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
Managers and administrators5,5094,0503,995-55-1,5141023,893
Professional6,3394,3934,308-85-2,0311974,111
Associate professional and technical 4,1663,1543,045-109-1,1211642,881
Clerical and secretarial6,1015,2355,097-138-1,0043584,739
Craft and related 26,39919,53619,280-256-7,1191,18718,093
Personal and protective service8,7796,2375,989-248-2,7904205,569
Sales7,6745,2855,172-113-2,5021,0074,165
Plant and machine operatives20,74015,75615,395-361-5,3451,29514,100
Other occupation18,27914,30513,980-325-4,2991,50612,474
No occupation¹18,51718,30018,725+425+2084,76513,960
Total 122,50396,25194,986-1,265-27,51711,00183,985
 
Females
Managers and administrators4,7473,3573,307-50-1,440433,264
Professional9,2147,3087,307-1-1,9074556,852
Associate professional and technical 3,4852,5812,522-59-9631102,412
Clerical and secretarial18,62717,73416,275-1,459-2,35260515,670
Craft and related 5,5203,8403,782-58-1,7383503,432
Personal and protective service18,05314,00113,444-557-4,6091,12412,320
Sales12,7879,2729,085-187-3,7021,2207,865
Plant and machine operatives8,1056,2536,158-95-1,9475555,603
Other occupation7,3685,7795,616-163-1,7528034,813
No occupation¹15,43517,83717,279-558+1,8444,23013,049
Total103,34187,96284,775-3,187-18,5669,49575,280
 
All Persons
Managers and administrators10,2567,4077,302-105-2,9541457,157
Professional15,55311,70111,615-86-3,93865210,963
Associate professional and technical 7,6515,7355,567-168-2,0842745,293
Clerical and secretarial24,72822,96921,372-1,597-3,35696320,409
Craft and related 31,91923,37623,062-314-8,8571,53721,525
Personal and protective service26,83220,23819,433-805-7,3991,54417,889
Sales20,46114,55714,257-300-6,2042,22712,030
Plant and machine operatives28,84522,00921,553-456-7,2921,85019,703
Other occupation25,64720,08419,596-488-6,0512,30917,287
No occupation¹33,95236,13736,004-133+2,0528,99527,009
Total 225,844184,213179,761-4,452-46,08320,496159,265
¹ Includes those who never worked and those who have no stated occupation
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Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by duration of continuous registration
DurationAugust 2020July 2021August 2021Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
   Less than one year77,75948,87347,488-1,385-30,2716,84740,641
   One year or more44,74447,37847,498+120+2,7544,15443,344
   Total122,50396,25194,986-1,265-27,51711,00183,985
 
Females
   Less than one year72,28055,63552,503-3,132-19,7776,74445,759
   One year or more31,06132,32732,272-55+1,2112,75129,521
   Total103,34187,96284,775-3,187-18,5669,49575,280
 
All Persons
   Less than one year150,039104,50899,991-4,517-50,04813,59186,400
   One year or more75,80579,70579,770+65+3,9656,90572,865
   Total225,844184,213179,761-4,452-46,08320,496159,265
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Table 7 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register
  MalesMonthly change FemalesMonthly change All PersonsMonthly change
2019August17,543-372 19,236-435 36,779-807
 September17,408-135 18,703-533 36,111-668
 October17,320-88 18,629-74 35,949-162
 November17,562+242 18,964+335 36,526+577
 December17,754+192 19,062+98 36,816+290
 
2020January17,561-193 18,794-268 36,355-461
 February17,661+100 18,945+151 36,606+251
 March17,689+28 18,918-27 36,607+1
 April17,436-253 18,861-57 36,297-310
 May17,643+207 18,873+12 36,516+219
 June17,630-13 19,026+153 36,656+140
 July17,763+133 19,458+432 37,221+565
 August17,412-351 19,269-189 36,681-540
 September17,305-107 19,557+288 36,862+181
 October19,678+2,373 22,310+2,753 41,988+5,126
 November19,692+14 22,050-260 41,742-246
 December19,304-388 21,454-596 40,758-984
 
2021January19,142-162 20,815-639 39,957-801
 February18,984-158 20,303-512 39,287-670
 March18,498-486 19,811-492 38,309-978
 April17,451-1,047 18,710-1,101 36,161-2,148
 May15,769-1,682 17,030-1,680 32,799-3,362
 June15,070-699 16,807-223 31,877-922
 July14,053-1,017 15,884-923 29,937-1,940
 August13,158-895 15,039-845 28,197-1,740
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Table 8 Persons on the Live Register classified by nationality grouping
  Nationality grouping
  Non-Irish nationals     
  United KingdomEU14_2020 excl. IRL 1EU15-EU27_2020 1Other  Non-Irish nationalsIrish nationalsAll Persons
2019August7,6672,49217,7886,696 34,643164,450199,093
 September7,0532,37217,4176,538 33,380150,403183,783
 October6,9582,26516,7855,921 31,929148,530180,459
 November6,9352,31816,8355,837 31,925145,629177,554
 December7,1402,39517,3685,890 32,793149,203181,996
 
2020January7,1552,48817,8736,031 33,547150,208183,755
 February7,1082,46917,8356,050 33,462149,154182,616
 March7,7643,54521,0788,983 41,370163,839205,209
 April8,0813,82722,17410,196 44,278170,463214,741
 May8,3984,40623,14012,483 48,427177,235225,662
 June8,2663,65321,81810,280 44,017176,854220,871
 July9,0544,08924,28911,898 49,330195,232244,562
 August8,4903,70421,40610,980 44,580181,264225,844
 September8,0503,41420,5699,756 41,789169,703211,492
 October7,7913,39620,2658,333 39,785163,387203,172
 November7,4883,18919,2037,494 37,374156,684194,058
 December7,3343,02118,6367,076 36,067153,793189,860
2021January7,3522,93318,6887,121 36,094152,449188,543
 February7,3012,86818,4367,071 35,676151,026186,702
 March7,2012,81018,1306,953 35,094148,002183,096
 April7,0202,69917,4756,855 34,049143,920177,969
 May6,7132,53416,6166,597 32,460139,239171,699
 June6,8152,53116,3706,781 32,497142,784175,281
 July6,9632,48816,5056,872 32,828151,385184,213
 August6,7712,42716,1926,829 32,219147,542179,761
1 In light of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union with effect from 1 February 2020, the EU classification has been updated.
EU14_2020 excl. IRL before February 2020 was formally classified as EU15 excl. IRL & UK.
EU15-EU27_2020 before February 2020 was formally classified as EU15 to EU28 States.
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Annex Table A1 - Number of persons availing of Activation Programmes
 July 2020June 2021July 2021
Back to Work Schemes    
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand3,1172,3412,381
Short-term Enterprise Allowance1 209176191
Total Back to Work payments 3,3262,5172,572
 
Other Activation Programmes    
DSP Part-time Job Incentive111260240
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011)5,2014,4394,768
Work Placement Experience Programme2002
Total Other Activation Programmes5,3124,6995,010
     
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors)20,70819,42619,196
 
SOLAS (FAS) Full Time Training for Unemployed People5,3354,3703,863
     
Back to Education Courses    
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)3746595540
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)43,3162,8452,476
Total Back to Education Courses54,0623,4403,016
     
Total Activation Programmes38,74334,45233,657
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 Starting from January 2019, VTOS figures for 2018 and 2019 are being supplied directly from the new SOLAS computer system PLSS. VTOS figures were estimated at 5,000 per month to December 2017.
4 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.
5 Includes MOMENTUM participants from February 2013.
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Annex Table A2 Number of Persons on the Live Register (LR) and in receipt of the PUP or TWSS or EWSS and Total1
Category Live RegisterPandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) 2Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) (2, 3)Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) (2, 4)Total (1, 2)
August 2021Males     
     Under 25 years of age11,00114,244-n/an/a
     25 years of age and over83,98562,823-n/an/a
     Total94,98677,067-n/an/a
 
 Females    
     Under 25 years of age9,49512,038-n/an/a
     25 years of age and over75,28054,501-n/an/a
     Total84,77566,539-n/an/a
 
 All Persons     
     Under 25 years of age20,49626,282-n/an/a
     25 years of age and over159,265117,324-n/an/a
     Total179,761143,606-n/an/a
 
July 2021Males     
     Under 25 years of age11,09816,638-42,48769,112
     25 years of age and over85,15369,815-137,023283,868
     Total96,25186,453-179,543353,013
 
 Females    
     Under 25 years of age9,61715,060-56,49479,527
     25 years of age and over78,34561,814-123,680253,972
     Total87,96276,874-180,187333,512
 
 All Persons     
     Under 25 years of age20,71531,698-98,991148,649
     25 years of age and over163,498131,629-260,724537,861
     Total184,213163,327-363,198689,993
 
August 2020Males     
     Under 25 years of age17,10724,15830,2928,95476,542
     25 years of age and over105,39694,611178,02130,280379,324
     Total122,503118,769208,37139,243455,930
 
 Females     
     Under 25 years of age14,25722,63335,51311,45978,539
     25 years of age and over89,08485,557151,98629,045323,929
     Total103,341108,190187,50940,505402,478
 
 All Persons     
     Under 25 years of age31,36446,79165,80520,484155,152
     25 years of age and over194,480180,168330,00759,474703,402
     Total225,844226,959396,10180,176859,049
1 Estimated total number of persons (excluding overlaps) on the Live Register or benefitting from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme or the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme
2 Subject to revision due to different payment frequencies
3 The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme closed at the end of August 2020.
4 The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme commenced in July 2020
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Annex Table A3 - Live Register total classified by Recipient and Non-recipient
  RecipientsNon-RecipientsTotal
2019August180,22118,872199,093
 September164,38819,395183,783
 October159,05621,403180,459
 November159,72417,830177,554
 December168,13713,859181,996
 
2020January164,50719,248183,755
 February164,54718,069182,616
 March167,85437,355205,209
 April159,83154,910214,741
 May163,95661,706225,662
 June169,97650,895220,871
 July181,43863,124244,562
 August181,07944,765225,844
 September172,41939,073211,492
 October166,76636,406203,172
 November166,59127,467194,058
 December168,37221,488189,860
 
2021January164,96023,583188,543
 February165,93020,772186,702
 March163,58719,509183,096
 April160,29817,671177,969
 May156,66615,033171,699
June156,17219,109175,281
 July164,16120,052184,213
 August162,86316,898179,761
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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 (CSO) by the Department of Social Protection (DSP).  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 01 January 2014. Persons aged 65 years can remain on a Jobseeker scheme up to their next birthday but are not included in the Live Register.

Prior to January 2017, the DSP provided tabulated claimant counts directly to the CSO to facilitate production of the Live Register. These claimant counts were grouped by age, gender, occupation, nationality, duration, region, county and local welfare office. Data provided in this fashion is available from 1967 to December 2016.

Beginning with January 2017, the Live Register has been produced using claimant microdata from the DSP Integrated Short Term Scheme (ISTS) database. Claimants are determined to be on the Live Register if they fulfil the Live Register criteria and such persons are summarised and cross-tabulated to produce the counts published in the Live Register release.

As claimant count microdata was retrospectively available to January 2012, previously published Live Register data for this period were revised with data produced from the claimant microdata. These revisions were generally minor in nature and are included in this release as well as all relevant PxStat tables.

Source and scope of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is a scheme set up by the Government in response to the loss of income for those whose employment had been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. It is compiled from returns made to the CSO by the DSP. Payments under the scheme commenced on the week ending 22 March 2020, and will be reported as part the Live Register release while the scheme is in place. 

Source and scope of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) is another scheme set up by the Government in response to the loss of income for those whose employment had been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. It is compiled from returns made to the CSO by the Revenue Commissioners. Refunds are issued to employers registered under the scheme, who in turn pay their employees. The figures in this release reflect the number of persons receiving a payment under the scheme based on the pay date of the employee and will be reported a weekly as well as a monthly basis. Refunds under the scheme commenced on the week ending 28 March 2020, but might refer to earlier pay dates. Please see PxStat.

Source and scope of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme

The TWSS was replaced by the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) from 01 September 2020. It is currently expected to continue until 30 June 2021. It is compiled from returns made to the CSO by the Revenue Commissioners.

The EWSS is an economy-wide enterprise support that focuses primarily on business eligibility. The scheme provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers based on the numbers of eligible employees on the employer’s payroll and gross pay to employees.

The Live Register and COVID-19 Income Supports

The CSO has worked to identify the detail available from the different sources and how the different schemes should be classified for statistical purposes. There is some overlap between those who meet the criteria to be included on the Live Register and those who are benefitting from the COVID-19 income support schemes. These overlaps occur due to the different frequency of the payments, and the fact that some persons who are included on the Live Register may not be receiving a payment and so might be benefitting from either the PUP, the TWSS or the EWSS.

As users will be aware, the Live Register is a series which is available back to 1967 on the CSO’s PxStat tabular data service. The Live Register series is of immense historical value and the CSO is keen to protect the continuity of the series, while also trying to make as much information as possible available to users, charting the labour market effects of COVID-19.

The CSO published an information note on 01 April 2020 for users on the implications of the COVID-19 income support measures on the Live Register and the Monthly Unemployment Estimates releases. That information note is available here: Information Note on Implications of COVID-19 on the Live Register and the Monthly Unemployment Estimates. The information note outlines why those in receipt of the COVID-19 income support payments are not included on the Live Register unless they meet the usual criteria to be included on the Live Register.

The unadjusted number of persons on the Live Register for each month since March 2020 may include a small number of applicants for the PUP who were advised to apply for Jobseekers Benefit if they have a dependant adult and at least one child, or four or more children in the case of no dependant adult.

The COVID-19 income supports were originally set up as short-term emergency income supports but they have been extended several times and there have been changes made in terms of the eligibility criteria and how they are being administered. The PUP and the EWSS are both currently expected to run until at least the end of June 2021.

The CSO has been working with, and will continue to collaborate with, both the DSP and the Revenue Commissioners to meet user needs for availability of detailed aggregates for the recipients of both the PUP and the TWSS/ EWSS respectively. Tables providing breakdowns of the numbers benefitting from the PUP and the TWSS and the numbers of persons on the Live Register for each week since March 2020 by sex, age group, county and nationality grouping are available at the following link: PxStat LRW Tables. This link also contains tables for the corresponding numbers included on the Live Register for each week as well as a total number of persons with overlaps removed who are either on the Live Register for each week or who were benefitting from either the PUP or the TWSS up to 31 August 2020. As part of the April 2021 Live Register release, the CSO began to publish monthly estimates up to the end of March 2021 of the numbers being directly supported by the EWSS. Weekly estimates of the numbers being directly supported by the EWSS will be published by the CSO shortly.

It should be noted that DSP has been paying arrears to recipients of the PUP, to account for the movement of people in and out of employment. The first arrears payment occurred on 01 December 2020. All arrears paid to date are included in the week of the entitlement period, rather than the week of payment.

The DSP have supplied supplementary information on whether PUP recipients were in full-time education when asked to certify their status on the MyWelfare.ie service. While it should be noted that this information is not complete, it is estimated that at least 8.1% of all recipients of PUP since March 2020 were attending full-time education at the time of certification. For those aged 25 years and over this could be as low as 1.3% while it is at least 33.8% for those aged under 25 years. If the PUP scheme did not exist, those persons, being in full-time education, would not be eligible to receive Unemployment Assistance or Unemployment Benefit and so would not be included on the Live Register.

Reference Periods

The reference periods for the Live Register results (and the PUP, the TWSS and EWSS results where applicable) are as follows

August 2021 – 2 August 2021 - 29 August 2021

July 2021 – 28 June 2021 - 1 August 2021

June 2021 – 31 May 2021 – 27 June 2021

August 2020 - 3 August - 30 August 2020

From May 2015 (reference period) the reference period for the Live Register refers to the week of the last Thursday in the month, previously the reference period referred to the week of the last Friday in the month.

COVID-19 Income Supports - An Analysis of Recipients March 2020 to May 2021

The CSO Frontier Series COVID-19 Income Supports - An Analysis of Recipients March 2020 to May 2021 was published on 20 May 2021. This publication provides an insight into the recipients of the different COVID-19 income supports by demonstrating how the levels of recipients have changed over time and presented the characteristics of the recipients of the different schemes.

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 series which was published on 05 August 2021.

Labour Force Survey 

The Labour Force Survey (LFS), was launched in January 2018 with the publication of Quarter 3 2017 data (Q3 2017). The Labour Force survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS).

The LFS provides quarterly estimates of the unemployment rate.

The calendar reference quarters for survey results are:
Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December.

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 seasonally adjusted series from January 2010 are subject to update on a monthly basis. Revisions to the series are typically very minor in scale.

Seasonally adjusting the Live Register series during the Covid-19 crisis period will be challenging until the scale and shape of its impact on the time series is better understood. This initial seasonally adjusted result might be revised for some months ahead as future observations become available. Users should be aware that there is increases uncertainty around the seasonally adjusted figures during this period.

For additional information on the use of X-12-ARIMA see Live Register - January 2011 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 claims).

From 15 October 2008, Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 12 months (312 days) to people who had at least 260 paid PRSI contributions.  Jobseeker’s Benefit could be paid for a maximum of 9 months (234 days) to people who had less than 260 paid contributions.

As of 3 April 2013, Jobseeker’s Benefit can be paid for a maximum of 9 months (234 days) to people who have 260 paid PRSI contributions. Jobseeker’s Benefit can be paid for a maximum of 6 months (156 days) to people who have less than 260 paid contributions (Refers to new claims).

Claimants getting Jobseeker’s Benefit for 6 months or more on 3 April 2013 (or 3 months for people with fewer than 260 contributions) will not be affected.

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 DSP website:

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

Live Register Flows

Live Register flows are calculated by analysing persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the reference month compared to those on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month. The flows are calculated as follows:

Joined Live Register: Persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were not present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.

Stayed on Live Register: Persons on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were also present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.

Left Live Register: Persons not on the Live Register in the reference week of the current month who were present on the Live Register in the reference week of the previous month.

Inflows and outflows published in this release relate to persons moving on or off the Live Register. Inter-scheme movement is not counted as a Live Register flow. For example, if a claimant exhausts his/her entitlement to JB and opens a new JA claim, this is not counted as an outflow in JB and an inflow in JA. The person has moved scheme but has not joined nor left the Live Register. Thus, those persons who move schemes from one month to the next are counted as “Stayed on the Live Register”.

Live Register Area Analysis

The basis of the area analysis in Live Register statistics is the DSP local office of registration.  The areas served by Local Employment Offices do not correspond to specific geographic boundaries.  Therefore, registrants at a given local office do not necessarily come from a particular region or area which can be precisely delineated e.g. data for the Cork City Local Offices of Registration refers to all persons signing on in Cork City but may include persons not resident in Cork City. 

From January 2018, registrations which have yet not being assigned to a DSP local office of registration are included in the Live Register totals. Therefore, as these registrations are not included in the regional breakdowns, the sum of these regions may not add to the Live Register totals.

The latest available Live Register data by Province, County and Local Office of Registration are published on the CSO website, through the CSO PxStat, on the publication of this release, see link here.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions

The regional classifications in this release is based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. Until Q4 2017, the NUTS3 regions corresponded to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994 while the NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, were groupings of those historic NUTS3 regions.

However, the NUTS3 boundaries were amended on 21 November 2016 under Regulation (EC) No. 2066/2016 and have come into force from Q1 2018. These new groupings are reflected in the LFS results from Q1 2018 onwards. The changes resulting from the amendment are that County Louth has moved from the Border to the Mid-East and what was formerly South Tipperary has moved from the South-East to the Mid-West, resulting in the new NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions:

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

 

Occupations

Live Register occupational data is sourced from information collected by the DSP 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, PxStat, to see these please click here.

Casual and part-time workers

The number of claimants on the Live Register who work on a casual and /or part-time basis is supplied by the DSP. People who work for part of a week may be eligible for Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance and may also be included on the Live Register, if the DSP is satisfied that they are not in full-time employment, are available for work and are looking for full-time employment.  

Nationality

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

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