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Dundalk Intreo Office
There was a rise in the number of people signing on the Live Register across Louth in December, according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
3,192 people signed on the Live Register in Dundalk in December 2024, up 70 on the 3,122 who signed on the town in November. While this is a 2.2% monthly increase in the number of people signing on, it is still lower 229 lower than the 3,421 people who signed on in Dundalk in December 2023.
In Ardee, 718 people signed on in December, up 45 or 6.7% on the 673 who signed on in November 2024. Similar to Dundalk however, the number of people who signed on in December 2024 in Ardee is still lower than the 746 who signed on a year earlier in December 2023.
3,026 people signed on in Drogheda in December 2024, up 33 or 1.1% on the 2,993 who signed on in November 2024. It is still 252 (7.7%) lower however, than the 3,278 who signed on in Drogheda in December 2023.
It should be noted that with effect from Monday 9th September 2024, Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (which included people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine) living in designated state-provided serviced accommodation are no longer entitled to social assistance payments.
199 Accommodation Centres have been designated as Designated Accommodation Centres (DACs) nationally. Beneficiaries of the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) living in an accommodation that has since been designated a Designated Accommodation Centre no longer qualify for Jobseeker’s Allowance and thus are no longer enumerated on the Live Register.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for December 2024 was 166,600 people, up by 3,200 people or 2.0% from November 2024. The unadjusted Live Register total stood at 164,806 people for December 2024, of which 55.0% were male and 72.1% were Irish.
The 25-34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in December 2024 at 38,289 people or 23.2% of the total.
In December 2024 there were 108,451 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 2,257 fewer people (-2.0%) than December 2023. The number of people on the Live Register for one year or more in December 2024 was 56,355, which was 5,940 fewer people (-9.5%) than a year earlier.
Two counties recorded percentage increases in the number of people on the Live Register in the 12 months to December 2024 - Kildare (+3.8%) and Dublin (+0.6%).
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