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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 13, 2013

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manager if a Report can be presented to the May Council meeting giving figures for the numbers of persons on the Live Register with addresses in South Dublin County, for the 5 Electoral Areas Lucan, Clondalkin, Tallaght South, and Tallaght Central, and Rathfarnham, and suggesting that these figures can be obtained from the Tallaght, Clondalkin and Ballyfermot Social Welfare Offices, and presented in the format that they had been presented to the CDB in the recent past, ie., figures for the numbers of persons of all ages, and additionally figures for persons under 25 years?

REPLY:

The information sought is as follows:

Jobseeker Claimants in South Dublin County  
Area 27 Jan 2012 25 Jan 2013 %Change
Tallaght 11,940 11,741 -1.67%
Clondalkin 6,449 6,334 -1.78%
Lucan 3,644 3,642 -0.05%
Rathfarnham/ Templeogue 2,428 2,561 +5.5%
Palmerston 714 708 -0.84%
Total 25,175 24,986 -0.75%
  Claimants under 25 years      
Area Total                          25 Jan 2013 Under25s                            25 Jan 2013 % Under 25                    25 Jan 2013 % under 25s              27 Jan 2012
Tallaght 11,741 2268 19.3% 21%
Clondalkin 6,334 1411 22.3% 23%
Lucan 3,642 514 14.1% 14%
Rathfarnham/ Templeogue 2,561 323 12.6% 14%
Palmerston 708 128 18.1% 19%
Total 24,986 4644 18.6% 20%