asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons in each category in the building trade group who were registered as unemployed during the first week in January, April, July and October, in 1938 and in 1939 and during the first week of January, 1940.
Written Answers. - Unemployment in Building Trade.
Particulars in respect of January, April, July and October, 1938, were given to the Deputy in a written answer which appears on pages 72-73 of Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 74, No. 1, 8th February, 1939.
Number of persons in each occupation in the Building Trade Group on the Live Register on the first Monday of January, April, July and October, 1939, and the last Saturday of December, 1939.
Occupation |
January 2nd, 1939 |
April 3rd, 1939 |
July 3rd, 1939 |
October 1st, 1939 |
December 30th, 1939 |
Carpenters |
1,210 |
1,280 |
719 |
920 |
1,677 |
Bricklayers |
155 |
185 |
140 |
231 |
339 |
Masons |
389 |
416 |
268 |
354 |
531 |
Plasterers and Tilers |
286 |
338 |
250 |
350 |
638 |
Painters |
1,109 |
813 |
493 |
676 |
1,325 |
Plumbers and Glaziers |
138 |
229 |
243 |
194 |
286 |
Builders' Labourers |
4,519 |
4,585 |
3,928 |
4,258 |
5,206 |
TOTAL |
7,806 |
7,846 |
6,041 |
6,983 |
10,002 |
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons in each category in the building trade group who were registered as unemployed in the Dublin area during the first week of January, April, July and October in 1938 and in 1939 and on the first week of January, 1940.
Particulars in respect of January, April, July and October, 1938, were given in a written answer to Deputy Norton which appears on page 73 of Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 74, No. 1, 8th February, 1939.
Particulars in respect of January, 1939, were given in an oral answer to Deputy Norton which appears on page 781 of Parliamentary Debates, Vol 74, No. 7, 22nd February, 1939.
Number of persons in each occupation in the Building Trade Group on the Live Register at Dublin Employment Exchange on the first Monday of April, July and October, 1939, and the last Saturday in December, 1939:—
Occupation |
April 3rd, 1939 |
July 3rd, 1939 |
Oct. 1st, 1939 |
Dec. 30th, 1939 |
Carpenters |
474 |
239 |
322 |
586 |
Bricklayers |
138 |
107 |
159 |
230 |
Masons |
36 |
56 |
45 |
56 |
Plasterers and Tilers |
174 |
139 |
189 |
256 |
Painters |
457 |
321 |
400 |
708 |
Plumbers |
149 |
182 |
119 |
193 |
Builders' Labourers |
2,001 |
1,827 |
1,928 |
2,077 |
TOTAL |
3,429 |
2,871 |
3,162 |
4,106 |