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21/05/2015
Unemployment Rate Falls To 9.9%
The unemployment rate has fallen to 9.9%, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The number of people in work over the past year has risen by 41,300, according to the Quarterly National Household survey data.
This represented an increase in full-time employment of 52,100 and a decrease in part-time employment of 10,800.
Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash TD, said: "I am very pleased to see the unemployment rate fall below 10% for the first time since 2008. The Action Plan for Jobs is delivering. There are 10,000 more people at work in the first three months of this year alone.
"Finding work after a period of unemployment is life-changing not just to the person who has gotten the job, but also to their family and has wider positive knock-on effects to the community they live in and indeed for the State, as that person becomes a contributor through income tax."
(CD/JP)
The number of people in work over the past year has risen by 41,300, according to the Quarterly National Household survey data.
This represented an increase in full-time employment of 52,100 and a decrease in part-time employment of 10,800.
Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash TD, said: "I am very pleased to see the unemployment rate fall below 10% for the first time since 2008. The Action Plan for Jobs is delivering. There are 10,000 more people at work in the first three months of this year alone.
"Finding work after a period of unemployment is life-changing not just to the person who has gotten the job, but also to their family and has wider positive knock-on effects to the community they live in and indeed for the State, as that person becomes a contributor through income tax."
(CD/JP)
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