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Live Register

May 2022

 Live Register TotalSeasonally AdjustedPandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP)Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)Total 1
May 2021171,699176,300310,457310,064762,733
April 2022177,004178,100n/a264,242433,967
May 2022171,903176,800n/an/an/a
      
Change in month--1,300n/an/an/a
Change in year  +204-n/an/an/a
1 Estimated total number of persons (excluding overlaps) on the Live Register or benefitting from the PUP, or the EWSS

The seasonally adjusted Live Register decreased by 0.7% to 176,800 over the month to May 2022

Live Register Seasonally Adjusted
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The unadjusted Live Register total for May 2022 was 171,903 persons; this consisted of 94,993 males (55.3%) and 76,910 females (44.7%). Of those on the Live Register for May 2022, 16,824 or 9.8%, are under 25 years of age, while 155,079 or 90.2%, 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 96,400 and 80,400 representing 54.5% and 45.5% of the seasonally adjusted Live Register total respectively. See Table 2a.

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme has ended. Final payments issued were in respect of the week ending Friday 25 March 2022. All PUP recipients have either transferred to a Jobseeker’s scheme or had their PUP claim closed, either because they did not apply for a jobseeker’s payment or they do not have an entitlement e.g. they are in receipt of another scheme payment, or are pending a decision on their jobseeker's claim. The PUP detail, previously published in Table A2 of the Live Register release and PxStat series LRM20, is no longer available from March 2022. The monthly PUP scheme time series was published for the reference months March 2020 until February 2022.

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 433,967 persons were on the Live Register or were benefitting from the PUP or EWSS in April 2022 which is down from 845,268 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 May 2022 estimates of the number of persons on the Live Register, the EWSS estimates are only available up to April 2022.  Please also see the COVID-19 Income Supports - An Analysis of Recipients 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 April 2022. 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 April 2022, 264,242 persons are currently estimated to have been directly supported by the EWSS. For those whose age or sex was known there were more persons aged 25 years and over (190,636) than under 25 years (71,590), with those age groups representing 72.7% and 27.3% respectively, and there were 121,085 males (46.2%) and 141,160 females (53.8%).

Table LRM20 on PxStat includes EWSS estimates for the period July 2020 through to April 2022. The numbers being directly supported by the EWSS for July 2020 (21,532) and August 2020 (31,711) 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 January 2021 when it stood at 363,631.

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 433,967 in April 2022. For those whose age was known there were 79.6% persons aged 25 years and over (343,939) and 20.4% aged under 25 years (88,012) being supported by all these schemes in April 2022. For those whose sex was known there were more females (50.1% or 216,486) than males (49.9% or 215,484) being supported by the schemes.

Table LRM20 on PxStat also includes the total for all schemes for the period March 2020 through to April 2022. The 433,967 supported by all schemes in April 2022 is the current low point of the series and was down from 845,268 a year earlier. The total for March 2022 (445,160) is the next lowest point of the series. The current high point of the series was reached in April 2020 (1,179,449). 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.

Under the Economic Recovery Plan, some previous recipients of PUP transitioned to a jobseeker’s payment and are now appearing on the Live Register. The duration of Live Register claims is currently based on the length of time from the jobseekers (JA/JB) claim commencement date to the last week of the reference month and is presented in Table 6 of this release and in Tables LRM11 and LRM18 on PxStat. The CSO are working with the DSP to determine whether the duration for persons who transitioned directly from PUP to the Live Register should continue to be classified on this basis or if it should be changed to reflect the length of time since the commencement date of their last PUP claim. Using the current methodology there are 106,225 persons (61.8%) with a claim duration of less than one year (short-term) and 65,678 persons (38.2%) with a claim duration of one year or more (long-term). Taking the duration time on PUP into account sees the proportion of short-term recipients drop to 49.2% and the proportion of long-term recipients increase to 50.8%. Any changes the CSO may make to the methodology for the calculation of duration in the future will be clearly outlined to users in the statistical 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 April 2022 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 38,865 persons availing of these programmes in April 2022, which is a decrease of 748 persons (-1.9%) from the previous year, when there were 39,613 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
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
September 20218487878020
October 20218919176480
November 20219039674230
December 20219047773379
January 20228993172647
February 20229208771161
March 202211028468712
April 202210948867516
May 202210622565678
Under 25 years25 years and over
May 202029617196045
May 202119041152658
May 202216824155079
Table 1(a) Total persons on the Live Register
CategoryMay 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims15,11827,25425,709-1,545+10,591
    JA Applications75,62965,23964,413-826-11,216
    Other Registrants5,7014,8974,871-26-830
    Total96,44897,39094,993-2,397-1,455
 
Females
    JB Claims16,29527,11824,951-2,167+8,656
    JA Applications45,96640,85840,413-445-5,553
    Other Registrants12,99011,63811,546-92-1,444
    Total75,25179,61476,910-2,704+1,659
 
All Persons
    JB Claims31,41354,37250,660-3,712+19,247
    JA Applications121,595106,097104,826-1,271-16,769
    Other Registrants18,69116,53516,417-118-2,274
    Total171,699177,004171,903-5,101+204
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Table 1(b) Persons under 25 years of age on the Live Register
CategoryMay 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims7961,9961,921-75+1,125
    JA Applications10,0547,7477,650-97-2,404
    Other Registrants332117-4-16
    Total10,8839,7649,588-176-1,295
 
Females
    JB Claims1,0131,7421,635-107+622
    JA Applications7,1155,5985,584-14-1,531
    Other Registrants301617+1-13
    Total8,1587,3567,236-120-922
 
All Persons
    JB Claims1,8093,7383,556-182+1,747
    JA Applications17,16913,34513,234-111-3,935
    Other Registrants633734-3-29
    Total19,04117,12016,824-296-2,217
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Table 1(c) Persons 25 years of age and over on the Live Register
CategoryMay 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual change
Males
    JB Claims14,32225,25823,788-1,470+9,466
    JA Applications65,57557,49256,763-729-8,812
    Other Registrants5,6684,8764,854-22-814
    Total85,56587,62685,405-2,221-160
 
Females
    JB Claims15,28225,37623,316-2,060+8,034
    JA Applications38,85135,26034,829-431-4,022
    Other Registrants12,96011,62211,529-93-1,431
    Total67,09372,25869,674-2,584+2,581
 
All Persons
    JB Claims29,60450,63447,104-3,530+17,500
    JA Applications104,42692,75291,592-1,160-12,834
    Other Registrants18,62816,49816,383-115-2,245
    Total152,658159,884155,079-4,805+2,421
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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
2020May124,960100,702225,662125,900103,700229,600
 June121,10899,763220,871120,10096,500216,600
 July132,446112,116244,562129,600100,200229,700
 August122,503103,341225,844119,50095,600215,200
 September117,52893,964211,492119,30097,400216,700
 October112,25390,919203,172114,90093,300208,200
 November108,25885,800194,058111,40089,900201,400
 December106,15283,708189,860106,90086,000192,900
 
2021January106,25982,284188,543105,30084,400189,600
 February105,11481,588186,702103,70082,800186,500
 March103,28379,813183,096102,10081,000183,200
 April99,93378,036177,969100,00080,500180,500
 May96,44875,251171,69997,70078,600176,300
 June96,08179,200175,28195,60076,500172,100
 July96,25187,962184,21394,00076,700170,700
 August94,98684,775179,76192,60077,000169,600
 September90,22372,675162,89891,90076,400168,300
 October90,51275,159165,67192,50076,900169,400
 November89,99074,636164,62692,60078,300171,000
 December89,79974,057163,85690,40076,100166,500
 
2022January89,53673,042162,57888,70075,200163,900
 February89,68973,559163,24888,30074,500162,800
 March99,16379,833178,99698,00082,500180,500
 April97,39079,614177,00497,40080,700178,100
 May94,99376,910171,903 96,40080,400176,800
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
2020May16,27813,33929,61716,40013,50029,900
 June16,34313,23629,57915,80012,40028,200
 July17,84314,82832,67116,90013,10030,000
 August17,10714,25731,36415,90012,60028,500
 September15,96012,81728,77715,90012,60028,500
 October13,85011,02124,87114,40011,40025,800
 November12,98410,23523,21913,80011,00024,700
 December11,9369,06521,00112,60010,10022,600
 
2021January11,9859,03421,01912,1009,70021,800
 February11,8508,91020,76011,8009,40021,300
 March11,6348,66820,30211,6009,10020,600
 April11,1718,45419,62511,3008,80020,100
 May10,8838,15819,04111,0008,40019,400
 June11,0768,85719,93310,7008,20018,900
 July11,0989,61720,71510,5007,90018,500
 August11,0019,49520,49610,3007,80018,100
 September10,0867,86417,95010,1007,70017,800
 October9,8507,53717,38710,2007,90018,100
 November9,6327,32216,95410,2007,90018,100
 December9,3537,04216,3959,8008,00017,800
 
2022January9,5047,24116,7459,6007,90017,600
 February9,4667,29916,7659,4007,80017,300
 March10,0027,41117,41310,0007,80017,700
 April9,7647,35617,1209,9007,60017,500
 May9,5887,23616,824 9,7007,50017,200
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
2020May108,68287,363196,045 109,50090,200199,700
 June104,76586,527191,292 104,30084,100188,400
 July114,60397,288211,891 112,70087,100199,700
 August105,39689,084194,480 103,60083,100186,700
 September101,56881,147182,715 103,40084,800188,200
 October98,40379,898178,301 100,50081,900182,400
 November95,27475,565170,839 97,70078,900176,600
 December94,21674,643168,859 94,30075,900170,300
 
2021January94,27473,250167,524 93,20074,600167,800
 February93,26472,678165,942 91,90073,400165,300
 March91,64971,145162,794 90,60072,000162,500
 April88,76269,582158,344 88,70071,700160,400
 May85,56567,093152,658 86,70070,200156,900
 June85,00570,343155,348 84,90068,300153,200
 July85,15378,345163,498 83,50068,700152,200
 August83,98575,280159,265 82,40069,200151,600
 September80,13764,811144,948 81,80068,700150,500
 October80,66267,622148,284 82,30069,000151,300
 November80,35867,314147,672 82,40070,400152,800
 December80,44667,015147,461 80,50068,100148,600
 
2022January80,03265,801145,833 79,10067,200146,300
 February80,22366,260146,483 78,90066,700145,600
 March89,16172,422161,583 88,00074,700162,700
 April87,62672,258159,884 87,50073,100160,600
 May85,40569,674155,079 86,70072,900159,600
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
2021May15,1182,21212,9062,947 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
 September14,9984,29110,7075,078 16,9214,45812,46311,296 31,9198,74923,17016,374
 October15,5743,99011,5843,070 18,9485,68713,2613,268 34,5229,67724,8456,338
 November16,2944,42411,8703,376 19,5085,17514,3334,300 35,8029,59926,2037,676
 December17,2484,15513,0932,851 20,0384,18215,8563,343 37,2868,33728,9496,194
 
2022January17,3063,73013,5763,301 19,5143,67015,8443,914 36,8207,40029,4207,215
 February17,2273,61613,6113,396 19,5523,62715,9253,316 36,7797,24329,5366,712
 March28,18615,60612,5804,161 26,95112,25614,6954,402 55,13727,86227,2758,563
 April27,2543,73323,5214,296 27,1184,39922,7193,919 54,3728,13246,2408,215
 May25,7093,51422,1954,553 24,9513,38221,5695,138 50,6606,89643,7649,691
JA Applications
2021May75,6292,53273,0975,182 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
 September69,8434,37165,4728,161 43,2883,48439,8048,077 113,1317,855105,27616,238
 October69,5655,36064,2055,924 43,7924,75239,0404,528 113,35710,112103,24510,452
 November68,4124,27964,1335,722 42,9373,23039,7074,310 111,3497,509103,84010,032
 December67,3393,53463,8054,909 41,8902,59839,2923,868 109,2296,132103,0978,777
 
2022January67,1063,51963,5874,101 41,5742,68338,8913,242 108,6806,202102,4787,343
 February67,3884,65362,7354,641 42,1483,69038,4583,316 109,5368,343101,1937,957
 March66,0334,17761,8565,970 41,2043,14038,0644,416 107,2377,31799,92010,386
 April65,2393,34461,8954,475 40,8582,71538,1433,294 106,0976,059100,0387,769
 May64,4133,63560,7784,936 40,4132,86937,5443,676 104,8266,50498,3228,612
Other Registrants
2021May5,701655,636168 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
 September5,3821045,278293 12,46616412,302830 17,84826817,5801,123
 October5,3731095,264176 12,41919712,222356 17,79230617,486532
 November5,284725,212199 12,19114612,045464 17,47521817,257663
 December5,212735,139191 12,12918911,940339 17,34126217,079530
 
2022January5,124765,048184 11,95415011,804364 17,07822616,852548
 February5,074794,995159 11,85916711,692334 16,93324616,687493
 March4,944724,872252 11,67813511,543437 16,62220716,415689
 April4,897664,831144 11,63817511,463296 16,53524116,294440
 May4,871924,779151 11,54616811,378307 16,41726016,157458
All Schemes
2021May96,4484,80991,6398,297 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
 September90,2238,76681,45713,532 72,6758,10664,56920,203 162,89816,872146,02633,735
 October90,5129,45981,0539,170 75,15910,63664,5238,152 165,67120,095145,57617,322
 November89,9908,77581,2159,297 74,6368,55166,0859,074 164,62617,326147,30018,371
 December89,7997,76282,0377,951 74,0576,96967,0887,550 163,85614,731149,12515,501
 
2022January89,5367,32582,2117,586 73,0426,50366,5397,520 162,57813,828148,75015,106
 February89,6898,34881,3418,196 73,5597,48466,0756,966 163,24815,832147,41615,162
 March99,16319,85579,30810,383 79,83315,53164,3029,255 178,99635,386143,61019,638
 April97,3907,14390,2478,915 79,6147,28972,3257,509 177,00414,432162,57216,424
 May94,9937,24187,7529,640 76,9106,41970,4919,121 171,90313,660158,24318,761
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 Regions¹May 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
      Northern and Western18,18717,99817,810-188-3771,56916,241
      Border9,5579,4839,398-85-1598198,579
      West8,6308,5158,412-103-2187507,662
 
      Southern 31,44530,50129,959-542-1,4862,87527,084
      Mid-West10,0079,5419,361-180-6469118,450
      South-East10,63910,0869,988-98-6511,0998,889
      South-West10,79910,87410,610-264-1898659,745
 
     Eastern and Midland45,35746,96745,597-1,370+2404,71340,884
      Dublin25,79527,30426,469-835+6742,67023,799
      Mid-East12,55612,69512,302-393-2541,24711,055
      Midland7,0066,9686,826-142-1807966,030
      Total96,44897,39094,993-2,397-1,4559,58885,405
 
Females
      Northern and Western14,49215,00314,687-3161951,26413,423
      Border7,4527,6077,400-207-526656,735
      West7,0407,3967,287-109+2475996,688
 
      Southern 24,54425,21424,512-702-322,23822,274
      Mid-West7,3547,4157,247-168-1077796,468
      South-East8,3318,1407,979-161-3527457,234
      South-West8,8599,6599,286-373+4277148,572
 
     Eastern and Midland34,62337,45636,086-1,370+1,4633,26632,820
      Dublin18,28020,36419,508-856+1,2281,68517,823
      Mid-East10,53911,30710,922-385+3839569,966
      Midland5,8045,7855,656-129-1486255,031
      Total75,25179,61476,910-2,704+1,6597,23669,674
 
All Persons
      Northern and Western32,67933,00132,497-504-1822,83329,664
      Border17,00917,09016,798-292-2111,48415,314
      West15,67015,91115,699-212+291,34914,350
 
      Southern 55,98955,71554,471-1,244-1,5185,11349,358
      Mid-West17,36116,95616,608-348-7531,69014,918
      South-East18,97018,22617,967-259-1,0031,84416,123
      South-West19,65820,53319,896-637+2381,57918,317
 
     Eastern and Midland79,98084,42381,683-2,740+1,7037,97973,704
      Dublin44,07547,66845,977-1,691+1,9024,35541,622
      Mid-East23,09524,00223,224-778+1292,20321,021
      Midland12,81012,75312,482-271-3281,42111,061
      Total171,699177,004171,903-5,101+20416,824155,079
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 groupMay 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
Managers and administrators4,3003,5993,534-65-766653,469
Professional4,1203,3333,310-23-8101433,167
Associate professional and technical 3,3732,1762,101-75-1,272972,004
Clerical and secretarial4,3533,6643,445-219-9082373,208
Craft and related 20,72617,82717,483-344-3,2431,06116,422
Personal and protective service6,8505,4325,247-185-1,6033864,861
Sales5,4674,3524,228-124-1,2396883,540
Plant and machine operatives16,36713,67013,345-325-3,0221,16212,183
Other occupation14,88012,73412,527-207-2,3531,05111,476
No occupation¹16,01230,60329,773-830+13,7614,69825,075
Total 96,44897,39094,993-2,397-1,4559,58885,405
 
Females
Managers and administrators3,5453,1373,146+9-399533,093
Professional5,2655,0044,861-143-4041584,703
Associate professional and technical 2,6801,9591,900-59-780721,828
Clerical and secretarial11,37410,8719,905-966-1,4693239,582
Craft and related 4,0413,6813,593-88-4483363,257
Personal and protective service13,35011,52311,025-498-2,32588410,141
Sales9,5228,0137,907-106-1,6159486,959
Plant and machine operatives6,2825,3825,280-102-1,0024404,840
Other occupation5,8364,8774,789-88-1,0475524,237
No occupation¹13,35625,16724,504-663+11,1483,47021,034
Total75,25179,61476,910-2,704+1,6597,23669,674
 
All Persons
Managers and administrators7,8456,7366,680-56-1,1651186,562
Professional9,3858,3378,171-166-1,2143017,870
Associate professional and technical 6,0534,1354,001-134-2,0521693,832
Clerical and secretarial15,72714,53513,350-1,185-2,37756012,790
Craft and related 24,76721,50821,076-432-3,6911,39719,679
Personal and protective service20,20016,95516,272-683-3,9281,27015,002
Sales14,98912,36512,135-230-2,8541,63610,499
Plant and machine operatives22,64919,05218,625-427-4,0241,60217,023
Other occupation20,71617,61117,316-295-3,4001,60315,713
No occupation¹29,36855,77054,277-1,493+24,9098,16846,109
Total 171,699177,004171,903-5,101+20416,824155,079
¹ Includes those who never worked and those who have no stated occupation
1 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme recipients who transferred to the Live Register when the PUP scheme ended are classified as 'No occupation' as no occupation details are available for these claimants. See Background Notes for additional information.
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Table 6 Persons on the Live Register classified by duration of continuous registration
DurationMay 2021April 2022May 2022Monthly changeAnnual changeUnder 25 years25 years & over
Males
   Less than one year48,29357,58756,343-1,244+8,0506,95149,392
   One year or more48,15539,80338,650-1,153-9,5052,63736,013
   Total96,44897,39094,993-2,397-1,4559,58885,405
 
Females
   Less than one year43,24651,90149,882-2,019+6,6365,49744,385
   One year or more32,00527,71327,028-685-4,9771,73925,289
   Total75,25179,61476,910-2,704+1,6597,23669,674
 
All Persons
   Less than one year91,539109,488106,225-3,263+14,68612,44893,777
   One year or more80,16067,51665,678-1,838-14,4824,37661,302
   Total171,699177,004171,903-5,101+20416,824155,079
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Table 7 Casual and part-time workers on the Live Register
  MalesMonthly change FemalesMonthly change All PersonsMonthly change
2020May17,643+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
 September12,657-501 14,512-527 27,169-1,028
 October12,294-363 14,354-158 26,648-521
 November11,982-312 14,449+95 26,431-217
 December11,785-197 14,231-218 26,016-415
 
2022January11,370-415 13,809-422 25,179-837
 February11,297-73 13,865+56 25,162-17
 March11,246-51 13,986+121 25,232+70
 April11,305+59 13,917-69 25,222-10
 May11,142-163 13,722-195 24,864-358
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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
2020May8,3984,40623,14012,483 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
 September6,2442,22615,4056,523 30,398132,500162,898
 October6,3872,31515,9386,779 31,419134,252165,671
 November6,3652,39716,1346,980 31,876132,750164,626
 December6,2982,35015,9516,620 31,219132,637163,856
 
2022January6,3162,31915,8836,620 31,138131,440162,578
 February6,2922,36216,0506,752 31,456131,792163,248
 March6,6672,83419,6418,371 37,513141,483178,996
 April6,5722,77219,1228,213 36,679140,325177,004
 May6,3892,61518,2668,239 35,509136,394171,903
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
 April 2021March 2022April 2022
Back to Work Schemes    
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand2,4222,2732,316
Short-term Enterprise Allowance1 147360371
Total Back to Work payments 2,5692,6332,687
 
Other Activation Programmes    
DSP Part-time Job Incentive243244173
TÚS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011)4,0445,6965,496
Work Placement Experience Programme20235250
Total Other Activation Programmes4,2876,1755,919
     
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors)19,37119,21519,037
 
SOLAS (FÁS) Full Time Training for Unemployed People5,0274,7744,571
     
Back to Education Courses    
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)32,1171,6061,571
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)46,2425,1935,080
Total Back to Education Courses8,3596,7996,651
     
Total Activation Programmes39,61339,59638,865
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.
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Annex Table A2 Number of Persons on the Live Register and in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment or Employer Wage Subsidy Scheme and Total1
Category Live RegisterPandemic Unemployment Payment1Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme1Total (1,2)
May 2022Males    
     Under 25 years of age9,588n/an/an/a
     25 years of age and over85,405n/an/an/a
     Total94,993n/an/an/a
      
 Females    
     Under 25 years of age7,236n/an/an/a
     25 years of age and over69,674n/an/an/a
     Total76,910n/an/an/a
 
 All Persons    
     Under 25 years of age16,824n/an/an/a
     25 years of age and over155,079n/an/an/a
     Total171,903n/an/an/a
 
April 2022Males    
     Under 25 years of age9,764n/a29,89139,361
     25 years of age and over87,626n/a91,183176,112
     Total97,390n/a121,085215,484
 
 Females    
     Under 25 years of age7,356n/a41,69948,651
     25 years of age and over72,258n/a99,453167,827
     Total79,614n/a141,160216,486
 
 All Persons    
     Under 25 years of age17,120n/a71,59088,012
     25 years of age and over159,884n/a190,636343,939
     Total177,004n/a264,242433,967
 
May 2021Males    
     Under 25 years of age10,88339,78322,88471,074
     25 years of age and over85,565126,559141,191341,614
     Total96,448166,342164,104412,717
 
 Females    
     Under 25 years of age8,15840,73126,03571,857
     25 years of age and over67,093103,384119,215277,449
     Total75,251144,115145,260349,316
 
 All Persons    
     Under 25 years of age19,04180,51448,919142,931
     25 years of age and over152,658229,943260,406619,063
     Total171,699310,457310,064762,733
1 Estimated total number of persons (excluding overlaps) on the Live Register or benefitting from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, or the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme
2 Subject to revision due to different payment frequencies
3 The PUP scheme has closed. The final payments were made in respect of the payment week ending Friday 25th March 2022.
4 The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme commenced in July 2020
5 The monthly EWSS estimates in this table and in PXSTAT table LRM20 are calculated by summing the number of individuals who received at least one EWSS payment within the calendar month
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Annex Table A3 - Live Register total classified by Recipient and Non-recipient
  RecipientsNon-RecipientsTotal
2020May163,95661,706225,662
 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
 September 148,69614,202162,898
 October 148,04117,630165,671
 November147,43617,190164,626
 December151,47012,386163,856
 
2022January149,29613,282162,578
 February148,00015,248163,248
 March164,11714,879178,996
 April159,60517,399177,004
 May156,69215,211171,903
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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) scheme has ended, final payments issued were in respect of the week ending Friday 25th March.

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was 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 was compiled from returns made to the CSO by the DSP. Payments under the scheme commenced on the week ending 22 March 2020 and were reported as part of the Live Register release while the scheme was in place. The PUP was initially closed to new applicants from 8 July 2021. Under the Economic Recovery Plan, there was a gradual reduction in rates from 7 September 2021, while the process of possible transition of PUP recipients to a jobseeker’s payment began on 26 October 2021.

The scheme reopened for individuals, including the self-employed, who lost their employment between 07 December 2021 and 22 January 2022 following the introduction of COVID-19 related public health restrictions.

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. The Revenue Commissioners operated the TWSS from 26 March 2020 to 31 August 2020. It was compiled from returns made to the CSO by the Revenue Commissioners. Refunds were issued to employers registered under the scheme, who in turn paid 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 were reported on a weekly as well as a monthly basis. Refunds under the scheme commenced on the week ending 28 March 2020, but might have referred 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. The EWSS ended for most businesses on 30 April 2022. The EWSS ended on 31 May 2022 for businesses directly impacted by the public health restrictions introduced in December 2021. It is compiled from returns made to the CSO by the Revenue Commissioners.

The EWSS was an economy-wide enterprise support that focuses primarily on business eligibility. The scheme provided 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, or were, 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 from March 2020 to February 2022 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, or were, being administered. The PUP scheme has ended, final payments issued were in respect of the week ending Friday 25th March.

The PUP was initially closed to new applicants from 8 July 2021. The scheme reopened for individuals, including the self-employed, who lost their employment between 07 December 2021 and 22 January 2022 following the introduction of COVID-19 related public health restrictions. The PUP scheme ended in March 2022. The EWSS ended for most businesses on 30 April 2022. The EWSS ended on 31 May 2022 for businesses directly impacted by the public health restrictions introduced in December 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 (while in operation), the TWSS (while in operation), the EWSS (from date of commencement) 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 (up to week ending 25 March 2022) 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 April 2022 of the numbers being directly supported by the EWSS. Weekly estimates of the numbers being directly supported by the EWSS are also published by the CSO at the link above.

It should be noted that DSP where applicable, paid 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 are included in the week of the entitlement period, rather than the week of payment.

Reference Periods

The reference month for the Live Register (and the PUP) refers to the week (Monday-Sunday) of the last Thursday in the month. Prior to May 2015, the reference period for the Live Register referred to the week of the last Friday in the month.

The monthly EWSS estimates in Annex Table A2 and in PxStat Table LRM20 are calculated by summing the number of individuals who received at least one EWSS payment within the calendar 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 presents 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 May 2022.

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 increased 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 DSP website:

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 not yet been 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 PxStat.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions

The regional classifications in this release are 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.

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.

Live Register: Recipient versus non-recipient claims

The Live Register measures the numbers of claims registered for Jobseekers Benefit (JB) Jobseekers Allowance (JA) or credited contributions.

The Live Register can be considered as consisting of recipients, where a claim has been awarded and the person is in receipt of a payment or credited PRSI contributions, and non-recipients, where the person is not in receipt of a payment. Non-recipient claims include:

  • Awarded claims where payment has been suspended
  • Claims pending award
  • Disallowed claims

While most Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) recipients were not counted on the Live Register, the payment had an impact on Live Register trends. There were cases where both a PUP and jobseeker claim belonging to the same person were registered with the DSP, but where no jobseeker payment was made. This resulted in overlaps between the PUP (where they were a recipient) and the Live Register (where they were a non-recipient). In cases where PUP claims transferred to the Live Register, this meant a decrease in PUP without an equivalent increase in the Live Register. In cases of PUP exits to employment, non-recipient Live Register claims were identified and closed where appropriate.

Please see Technical Note – Live Register August 2020 for further information.

A table providing a breakdown of Live Register claimants by recipient and non-recipient status is available in Annex Table A3 in this release, while the corresponding series from January 2012 onwards is also available on PxStat.

 

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