asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total number of workers insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and the percentage unemployed, distinguishing as to male and female workers, on January 1st and July 1st of each year since 1923; and further, if he will state the number of applicants for employment registered at Employment Exchanges on the same dates.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employed and Unemployed Workers.
This similarly contains a number of figures, and I propose to circulate it. The information is not available in my Department exactly in the form in which the Deputy asks for it, hut I hope, that the figures I can give will serve his purpose.
TOTAL WORKERS INSURED.
|
DATE (termination of Insurance Year) |
MALES |
FEMALES |
TOTAL |
|
3oth June, 1922 |
206,041 |
55,176 |
261,217 |
|
30th June, 1923 |
190,614 |
51,880 |
242,494 |
|
3oth June, 1924 |
196,768 |
53,511 |
250,279 |
|
27th June, 1925 |
209,133 |
45,148 |
254,281 |
|
3rd July, 1926 |
195,720 |
50,414 |
246,134 |
|
2nd July, 1927 |
194,228 |
51,385 |
245,613 |
|
7th October, 1928 |
224,309 |
56,596 |
280,005 |
The figures for the 1929 Insurance Year are not yet available. Persons registered as unemployed include both insured and uninsured workers. I am not in a position to distinguish the percentage of the insured workers alone unemployed at any period. The total numbers of males and females — insured and uninsured registered for employment on the dates nearest to the 1st January and 1st July in each year since 1923 are:—
|
DATE |
MALES |
FBEMALES |
TOTAL |
Col. 2 and 3 as percentages of insured population |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
Males |
Females |
|
|
% |
% |
||||
|
1st January, 1923 |
30,162 |
6,895 |
37,057 |
14.6 |
12.5 |
|
2nd July, 1923 |
24,528 |
6,473 |
31,001 |
12.9 |
12.5 |
|
7th January, 1924 |
26,618 |
7,389 |
34,007 |
14.0 |
14.2 |
|
7th July, 1924 |
32,695 |
8,906 |
41,601 |
16.6 |
16.6 |
|
5th January, 1925 |
45,422 |
9,500 |
54,922 |
23.1 |
17.8 |
|
6th July, 1925 |
21,816 |
5367 |
27,183 |
10.4 |
11.9 |
|
4th January, 1926 |
26,555 |
5,159 |
31,714 |
12.7 |
11.4 |
|
5th July, 1926 |
18,538 |
3,870 |
22,408 |
9.5 |
7.7 |
|
3rd January, 1927 |
19,426 |
4,364 |
23,790 |
9.9 |
8.7 |
|
4th July, 1927 |
15,102 |
3,640 |
18,742 |
7.8 |
7.1 |
|
2nd January, 1928 |
23,612 |
3,898 |
27,510 |
12.2 |
7.6 |
|
2nd July, 1928 |
17,252 |
3,700 |
20,952 |
8.9 |
7.2 |
|
7th January, 1929 |
20,704 |
4,182 |
24,886 |
9.2 |
7.4 |
|
1st July, 1929 |
13,957 |
3,169 |
17,126 |
6.2 |
5.6 |