Index broadly tracks the labour market but includes people working part-time or undertaking casual work who can still be entitled to benefits.
Of the 169,497 people who signed on to the unadjusted Live Register last month, almost 55 per cent were male, and a total of 20,264 people benefitting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive were included, down almost 1,000 from the previous month.
The decline comes as the unemployment rate increased last month, recording the biggest single jump in more than two years and reaching 4.4 per cent. Of the 169,497 people who signed on to the unadjusted Live Register last month, almost 55 per cent were male, and a total of 20,264 people benefiting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive were included, down almost 1,000 from the previous month.
The largest percentage increases in the 12 months to April 2024 were recorded in Meath, where the numbers rose 5.5 per cent, and Kildare at 0.5 per cent.
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