The number of people in East Cork on the live register has now risen to 6594. This is an increase of 10% since this time last year says Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, when the figure stood at 6007.
“The number of people out of work in Midleton, Cobh and Youghal is still increasing, and increasing on a monthly basis. It is alarming that despite large job losses in 2009, the number of people unemployed in East Cork has increased by a further 587 people since July 2009. The Government needs to give these people access to training and education opportunities so they can upskill and get back into employment in the future.
July 2010 July 2009 Increase
Cobh 1227 1089 138
Midleton 3456 3191 %le unemployed in East Cork has increased by a further 587 people since July 2009. The Government needs to give these people access to training and education opportunities so they can upskill and get back into employment in the future.
July 2010 July 2009 Increase
Cobh 1227 1089 138
Midleton 3456 3191 265
Youghal 1911 1727 184
Total 6594 6007 587
“There are now 466,834 people of working age on the live register. Our national unemployment rate now stands at 13.7% up 1.5% from 12.2% in July 2009. While this is much lower than countries such as Spain which has a 20% unemployment rate, it is well above the EU average across 27 Member States of 9.6%. More needs to be done here by the Government to create jobs.
“What is even more frightening is the huge amount of young people who are out of work here and across Europe. EU youth unemployment rates now stand at 20.3%. In Ireland, despite tens of t
