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Over 7,000 Kildare People Are In Receipt Of Unemployment Payments.

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The data has been released by the Department of Social Protection.

Over 7,000 Kildare people are receiving Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit.

The Dept. of Social Protection says 5,195 people in the county are in receipt of JA.

That's higher than in every surrounding county, bar Dublin.

Another 1,982 people in Kildare are being paid the Jobseeker's Benefit.

The overall figure does not include the number of people in Kildare in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

County of residence Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit
Carlow
2,360
546
Cavan
2,757
699
Clare
4,066
1,452
Cork
11,460
4,482
Donegal
8,484
1,428
Dublin
33,436
12,609
Galway
7,711
2,181
Kerry
5,026
2,061
Kildare
5,195
1,982
Kilkenny
3,044
876
Laois
2,861
719
Leitrim
1,512
287
Limerick
5,610
1,709
Longford
1,946
333
Louth
5,320
1,276
Mayo
5,302
1,150
Meath
4,663
2,340
Monaghan
2,025
549
Offaly
2,603
768
Roscommon
1,979
539
Sligo
2,580
584
Tipperary
5,380
1,348
Waterford
4,981
1,153
Westmeath
3,175
899
Wexford
6,173
1,674
Wicklow
4,018
1,268
Unknown
213
414
Total
143,880 
45,326 

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