asked the Taoiseach the total number of people unemployed in the following towns in County Laois: (a) Portlaoise (b) Mountmellick (c) Rathdowney (d) Abbeyleix and (e) Mountrath.
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Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Laois/Offaly Unemployment.
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asked the Taoiseach the total number of people who are unemployed in the following towns in County Offaly: (a) Birr (b) Tullamore (c) Clara (d) Ferbane and (e) Daingean.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 and 5 together. The numbers on the live register residing in the towns specified on 27th October, in so far as information is available, were as follows:—
Birr U.D., 62; Tullamore U.D., 93; Portlaoise town, 155; Mountmellick town, 68.
The information is not available for the other towns listed.