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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor R. Nolan

"To ask the Chief Executive how many people are unemployed in Lucan and the Council's take on if the unemployment fixtures would suggest we need a signing on office in Lucan. The Clondalkin one which Lucan people use at the moment is only accessible from the 155 bus and that starts from Foxborough. So people further into Lucan would not be able to avail of this?"

REPLY: 

Airo mapping for 2017 indicates that for the Clondalkin office which covers Lucan there are currently 5,187 people on the Live Register: 

All Persons on the Live Register (all ages) >> All Persons (all ages) on the Live Register (2008- 2017 M0NTH02)   

2017 MO2            5,187

2017 MO1            5,202

2016 MO2            6,121

2015 MO2            6,958

2014 MO2            8,255

2013 MO2            8,837

2012 MO2            9,073

2011 MO2            9,771

2010 MO2            10,064

2009 MO2            8,289

2008 MO2            4,237

http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/external-content/live-register-office-monitoring-tool

 The Department of Social Protection do not break this number down any further, so it is not possible to say how many people are unemployed in Lucan. In terms of the need for a signing on office in Lucan, this is outside the remit of South Dublin County Council.