Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 June 2016
126. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance has fluctuated in the course of the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18881/16]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. I note that over the five-year period in question, the number of Jobseeker's Benefit recipients has decreased by two thirds from 109,209 at end-May 2011 to 37,347 at end-May 2016.
Jobseeker's Allowance Recipients at 31 May in each of the years 2011 to 2016
|
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Recipients |
280,833 |
289,615 |
293,981 |
288,268 |
256,473 |
243,574 |
|
Percentage Variance Year on Year |
+3.1% |
+1.5% |
-1.9% |
-11.0% |
-5.0% |
|
|
Percentage Variance 2016 V 2011 |
-13.3% |
-13.3% |
-13.3% |
-13.3% |
-13.3% |
-13.3% |
