There were 184,600 people on the live register last month, which was an increase of 7,300 persons, or 4 per cent, from May, according to the Central Statistics Office.
There were 7,147 people benefitting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive included in the figures, which was an increase of 6,941 from May.
The figure was also up 12,100, or 7 per cent, on the 172,500 people who were on the live register during the same month a year earlier.
People arriving in Ireland from Ukraine under the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive can access a wide range of Department of Social Protection supports.
The majority of new applications for income support from people of working age are being processed as Jobseeker’s Allowance claims until the most appropriate income support for that person is identified.
This facilitates access to existing part-time work supports where appropriate. In the event that a person is on Jobseeker’s Allowance for 50 claim paid days or more, in addition to other criteria, they are counted on the Live Register.
The latest data also shows that a total of 268,035 persons were on the Live Register or were benefitting from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment or Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme in May, which was down from 760,025 a year earlier.
