Unemployment hits new high
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has this morning told the Dáil that the number of people on the Live Register now stands at 452,882, its highest level ever.
The seasonally adjusted Live Register figure increased from 439,100 in May to 444,900 in June, an increase of 5,800.
The standardised unemployment rate in June was 13.4%, up from 13.2% in May. This compares with 12.9% in the first quarter of 2010, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.
In the year to June 2010 there was an unadjusted increase in the Live Register of 37,420 (+9.0%). This compares with an increase of 43,788 (+11.1%) in the year to May 2010.
There was an increase of 4,800 males and 1,100 females in the seasonally adjusted series in June.
The average net weekly increase in the seasonally adjusted series in June 2010 was 1,450, which compares with a weekly increase of 1,650 in the previous month.
In the month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 41,790 males and 37,449 females.
