The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today (Friday) welcomed the publication of the latest Live Register figures, showing a continuing fall in the numbers of people signing on. The seasonally adjusted figures show a decline of 4,600 compared to the March figures and a decline of 42,123 compared to the April 2016 figures.

In unadjusted terms at the end of April, there were 263,417 persons signing on the Live Register.

The number of persons on the Live Register in April 2017 is the lowest number recorded in the seasonally adjusted series since October, 2008.
The figures also show that the live register has decreased in all eight regions of the country over the past 12 months.

Earlier this week, CSO figures showed that the unemployment rate fell to 6.2 % down from 6.4 % in March and from 8.4 % in April 2016.

Speaking from the US while on an IDA Marketing Programme Minister Mitchell O’Connor said “We have had very positive employment figures this week from the CSO. Earlier this week we saw a 9 year low of people unemployed with the unemployment rate now at 6.2% and now it is very positive to see that there is a continuous fall in the numbers of people on the live register. I’m greatly encouraged to see that numbers on the Live Register have fallen across all Regions. We are heading towards full employment and I am determined that our focus remains on continuing to create the right environment for job growth right across the country.