Dr. Bill Tormey, Dublin North West Fine Gael; Glasnevin; Finglas; Ballymun; Councillor; DCC » unemployment

Unemployment in Finglas

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:54:23 +0000

In November 2009 Unemployment live register numbers were

Navan Road – Total 6,250 of which 727 and 458 were respectively males and females under 25 years

Finglas – Total 5,766 of which 853 and 424 were respectively males and females under 25 years.

In Finglas and Cabra, there are significant cohorts of young people who have never been in the work force.

Problems are

- duration of unemployment and negative work history
- deficit of appropriate qualifications
- early school leavers
- literacy and numeracy issues

There is a Tolka Area task force trying to grapple with solutions to the problems.

Members of the task force include – Finglas Youth Services, FAS, City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, Fingal Centre for the Unemployed, FAST, North Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Tolka Area Partnership, RAPID, community representatives.

The total number of agencies dealing with unemployment in our area is 9. So streamlining of services is necessary.

The whole issue is being addressed by the local councillors at the Northwest Area Committee at present. I will issue updates on any progress.

National Work Statistics in the Republic

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:03:55 +0000

Unemployment Figures – Rate 12.5% November 2009.

December 2007 – Live register 173,200
December 2008 – Live register 293,000 (+69.2%)
December 2009 – Live register 423,400 (+44.5% on previous year)

Except for 5,900 in public sector, all the jobs lost were in the private sector.

The fall in employment in the last year has been 185,000 while unemployment increased by 120,000 approx —- 45,000 mainly EU immigrants left the country as did approximately 20,000 Irish.

Public Sector Employment 2005 – 343,600
September 2008 – 369,100
September 2009 – 360,900 (-2,2%)

So far to December 2009, the recession has cost Ireland (republic) 236,300 jobs

Numbers employed

– June 2007 —– 2.113.9 million

- June 2009 —– 1.938.5 million
Total Labour Force-June 2009 ——-2.203.1 million

Current population id Republic estimate 4.5 million

(Note numbers working in construction fell from 268,600 in June 07 to 155,400 in June 09 and are still declining)

Best website – Central Statistics Office – Brilliant and clear