asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total value of Unemployment Insurance Stamps sold in each of the last five years for which the figures are available.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Insurance Stamps.
The total value of Unemployment Insurance Stamps sold in each of the five financial years 1929/30—1933/34 was as follows:— 1929/30, £703,019; 1930/31, £685,798; 1931/32, £497,375; 1932/33, £526,192; 1933/34, £553,360.
The reduction in rates of contribution under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930, took effect from 5th January, 1931. The rate for men was reduced from 1/7d to 1/1d and other rates comparably, so that the figures for the following year are affected accordingly.