Reality behind live register stats

Less than half of the 407,000 people who left the live register in the last year did so because they had found employment, figures from the Department of Social Protection show.

The statistics for live register departures between Oct 2012 and Sept 2013 were released by Minister Joan Bruton as part of a parliamentary question.

They show almost 36% of those who left the register were forced to stop claiming the dole because they were no longer entitled to unemployment benefit.