Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2025
173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance or job seekers benefit who listed their previous employment as agriculture, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [49654/25]
View answerThe number of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit claims where the employment immediately prior to the claim commencement was in Sector A - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (based on NACE Rev 2.1) are set out in the table below. Please note these numbers refer to recipients, not applicants, as this data is only available for awarded claims.
|
Year |
Recipients |
|
August 2015 |
102 |
|
August 2016 |
524 |
|
August 2017 |
491 |
|
August 2018 |
523 |
|
August 2019 |
429 |
|
August 2020 |
389 |
|
August 2021 |
366 |
|
August 2022 |
481 |
|
August 2023 |
417 |
|
August 2024 |
468 |
|
August 2025 |
281 |
