The seasonally-adjusted total on the Irish Live Register and in public activation jobs schemes was at 405,509 in the first month of 2016 according to the CSO today. The broad jobless rate was 18% compared with the narrow rate of 8.6% based on the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) definition of employment as paid work of at least one hour per week. France’s broad rate is about 20% and the US rate in December was 9.9% compared with the ILO rate of 5%.