Unemployment rate in Ireland

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Brief record of Unemployment rates in Ireland
March 2012 update
Official figures show that the unemployment rate in the final quarter of last year was 14.6%, unchanged from the previous quarter.

The CSO figures show that 302,000 people were unemployed at the end of last year, up 3,000 compared with a year earlier. Women accounted for all of the increase, though men still make up two-thirds of the total number of unemployed people.
The long-term unemployment rate rose from 7.3% to 8.6% over the year, and people out of work for more than a year now account for more than 60% of the total.

The average unemployment figure for the whole of 2011 was 304,200, up 12,500 or 4.3% compared with 2010.
A breakdown showed that a big drop in the number of self-employed people accounted for more than 70% of the total fall in employment over the year. The CSO says the number of self-employed people, at 285,800, is at its lowest level since 1998.

Unemployment rate in Ireland for November 2011 now stands at 14.4%
Official figures show that the unemployment rate in the third quarter of this year was 14.4%, up from 14.2% in the previous quarter.
The Central Statistics Office said the number of people at work fell by 2.5% or 46,000 over the previous 12 months to just over 1.8 million.
Unemployment increased by 5.3% over the year to 314,700. The CSO's quarterly national household survey also showed that the long-term unemployment rate increased from 6.5% to 8.4% over the year.
Long-term unemployment accounted for more than 56% of unemployment in the third quarter.
Unemployment rate in Ireland for November 2011 now stands at 14.5%
The Central Statistics Office also said that the unemployment rate rose slightly to 14.5% from 14.4% in October.
The CSO says that while November's figures are the joint highest recorded so far this year, the underlying trend over the past 12 months has been flat.
The 1,700 increase in November comprised a 2,500 rise in the number of women signing on, with a 900 drop in the number of men.
The headline Live Register figure - which does not take seasonal factors into account - fell slightly 429,567.
The figures were released as the unemployment rate in the euro zone hit a record high.
The CSO also notes a downward trend in the number of people under 25 signing on. This figure has fallen by just over 6% in the past 12 months.

Official figures show that the unemployment rate in the euro zone rose to an all-time record of 10.3% in October.
The highest unemployment rate was still in Spain where it rose to 22.8% in October. In Greece, a nation trapped in the euro zone debt crisis, the jobless rate soared to 18.3% in August - the most recent available data - compared with 12.9% in the same month in 2010. Austria recorded the lowest rate at 4.1%.
Unemployment rate in Ireland for June 2011 now stands at 14.4%

IRELAND’S unemployment rate nudged upwards for the third consecutive month in August, with the number of people on the seasonally adjusted Live Register increasing by 1,600 as summer jobs failed to materialise with their traditional frequency.

This pushed the standardised unemployment rate up by 0.1 per cent to 14.4 per cent last month.

Overall, there were 469,713 people signing on the Live Register of jobseekers benefit and allowance claimants in August on an unadjusted basis, a rise of 2,790, or 0.6 per cent, over the year.

This is a slightly smaller increase than the 0.7 per cent rise that occurred in July and is also significantly lower than the 6.9 per cent increase seen in the previous 12-month period.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed described the figures as “a frightening reality” for the country.

Unemployment rate in Ireland for June 2011 now stands at 14.2%
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There has been a rise in the numbers signing on in Ireland
The number of people on the Live Register continued to rise this month, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Central Statistics Office.
Live Register - 2,900 June rise biggest since July 2010

The increase of 2,900 from May brought the total to 446,800. It was the biggest monthly increase since July last year. The unemployment rate in June was estimated at 14.2%, up from 14.1% last month. Men accounted for 2,000 of the monthly increase.

The headline figure, which does not take seasonal factors into account, rose by 17,001 from May to 457,948, the highest level since August last year.

The Live Register includes some part-time and seasonal workers and does not measure unemployment.
The number of people signing on for more than a year jumped by 10,300 in June. The number of long-term claimants has risen by 36% over the past 12 months. Long-term claimants now make up 40.8% of the total number of people on the Live Register.

The CSO said that there were 42,503 new claimants on the Live Register this month, up from 35,515 in May. This figure is not the same as the monthly change in the Live Register, which is affected by people closing claims and moving between different schemes.

Note about CSO statistics and Unemployment rate in Ireland
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 Jobseekers Benefit or Allowance. Unemployment is
measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest estimated
number of persons unemployed as of the first quarter of 2011 was 295,700.
Unemployment rate in Ireland f0r 2011

Live Register nationality groupings
Unemployment rate in Ireland July 2011
In July Irish nationals accounted for 83.1% (390,999) of the number of persons on
the Live Register. Of the 79,285 non-Irish nationals, the largest constituent group
on the Live Register continued to be nationals from the EU15 to EU27 States
(41,732), followed by the UK (19,006). See table 9.
In the year to July 2011 the number of Irish nationals on the Live Register increased by 3,387 (+0.9%), while the number of non-Irish nationals increased by 73 (+0.1%).

Seasonally adjusted figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of people signing on rose again last month, though the increase was not as big as in June.

The CSO said the Live Register rose by 1,500 in July to reach 447,900. The figure stabilised earlier this year, but has now risen for the last three months. June's increase had been the biggest for almost a year.

The estimated unemployment rate moved up slightly from 14.2% in June to 14.3%.

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