The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics show that there were 20,300 people classified as unemployed in the Dublin region in the March-May quarter of 2002. Sub-regional statistics, of the kind requested by the Deputy, are not available from the Quarterly National Household Survey.
The Quarterly National Household Survey figures for the Dublin region from 1998 to 2002 inclusive are as follows:
QNHS Number of Persons unemployed in the Dublin region