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11/06/2009
20% Of Unemployment Benefit Claimants Are Foreign Nationals
The latest Live Register figures have revealed foreign nationals account for a fifth of those claiming unemployment benefits.
The high percentage is thought to reflect the mass redundancies in the construction sector, which was a major employer of foreign workers. However, there is evidence the depression in the sector has reached a floor as the number of foreign people joining dole queues is rising at a slower pace than the number of Irish.
The figures also show commuter counties continue to be the worst affected by growing unemployment.
The number of people signing on has almost doubled in the past year, with an extra 195,115 people losing their jobs so far in 2009, and continuing the record breaking amount of jobless in the state with 396,871 now claiming dole benefits.
Foreign nationals on the Live Register soared by 45,798 to 79,077 over the past year. The majority of these are from the EU accession states.
The most significant increases in joblessness were in the counties surrounding Dublin, with Kildare, Meath and Wicklow seeing numbers on the dole jumping by 118%, according to the Central Statistics Office.
In Dublin, the number on the register has risen from 47,859 to 95,184, an increase of 99%.
(DW/JM)
The high percentage is thought to reflect the mass redundancies in the construction sector, which was a major employer of foreign workers. However, there is evidence the depression in the sector has reached a floor as the number of foreign people joining dole queues is rising at a slower pace than the number of Irish.
The figures also show commuter counties continue to be the worst affected by growing unemployment.
The number of people signing on has almost doubled in the past year, with an extra 195,115 people losing their jobs so far in 2009, and continuing the record breaking amount of jobless in the state with 396,871 now claiming dole benefits.
Foreign nationals on the Live Register soared by 45,798 to 79,077 over the past year. The majority of these are from the EU accession states.
The most significant increases in joblessness were in the counties surrounding Dublin, with Kildare, Meath and Wicklow seeing numbers on the dole jumping by 118%, according to the Central Statistics Office.
In Dublin, the number on the register has risen from 47,859 to 95,184, an increase of 99%.
(DW/JM)
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