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The seasonally adjusted Irish Live Register total increased from 432,400 in February to 433,000 in March, an increase of 600, according to the Central Statistics office (CSO).
In the year to March 2010 there was an unadjusted increase in the Live Register of 65,918 (+17.9%). This compares with an increase of 84,503 (+24.0%) in the year to February 2010.
January of 2009 represented the spike in claimant increases in any month, with a record 33,000, or 11.3%, rise - - 26,700 additions in February, 20,000 in March; 15,800 in April; 13,500 in May; 11,400 in June; 10,500 in July; 5,400 in August and 600 in September. The total fell 3,000 in October; rose 900 in November and another 3,300 were added in December, to bring the end 2009 total to 426,700.
Other features include: The monthly increase in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of an increase of 500 males and 200 females.
The average net weekly increase in the seasonally adjusted series in March 2010 was 150, which compares with a weekly decrease of 575 in the previous month.
The standardised unemployment rate in March was 13.4%. This compares with 13.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.
In the month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 42,284males and 37,565 females.
The CSO says the Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseekers Benefit or Allowance. Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest seasonally adjusted figure, for October to December 2009, is 281,700 persons unemployed.
