New figures released by the Central Statistics Office today reveal that the number of unemployed men has fallen to below 100,000 for the first time since 2008.
The figure now stands at 99,600.
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has welcome the announcement, saying that Men are still substantially more likely to be unemployed than women. It’s an unspoken issue that we need to do more about, given the impact that unemployment has on poverty, living standards, mental health, self-worth and self-esteem. It’s good to see that progress is being made and that we have met this milestone.”
“This development follows a number of other breakthroughs in the last few months. Most recently the Government exceeded its target to move 20,000 people from long-term unemployment to work this year. We now have more than 2 million people at work, and the Live Register has fallen below 300,000.”