The seasonally-adjusted Live Register total was 182,600 in October, a decline of 800 or 0.4% from September, the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show.
Unadjusted, the Live Register total stood at 179,560, of whom 53.3% were male and 72.4% were Irish, up 500 from 179,060 in September and 13,880 from 165,670 in October 2021.
Morgan O'Donnell, statistician in the labour market analysis section at the CSO. commented: "There was a decrease of 4,600 persons on the seasonally adjusted Live Register for October 2022 when compared with October 2019."
The 35-44 age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in October at 42,230 persons, 23.5% of the total.
The counties that saw the greatest annual increase in total number of people on the Live Register were Kerry (+32.7%) and Clare (+27.4%).
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The number of people on the Live Register for more than one year fell by 14,220 year-on-year to 62,600. Long-term claimants make up a third of all claims. However, taking the duration of time on Pandemic Unemployment Payment into account sees the proportion of long-term recipients rise to 39.4%.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit rose by 20.3% or 7,020 year-on-year last month. Similarly, the number of people in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance was up 7.5% or 8,530 from October 2021.
O'Donnell said there were 17,570 Ukrainian refugees benefitting from the EU's Temporary Protection Directive included in the Live Register figures for October, an increase of 4,070 from September.
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