asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons paid unemployment assistance benefit during the first week in each of the months January to June inclusive, in each of the years 1934, 1935 and 1936.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Assistance.
The particulars which the Deputy requires are as follows:—
Total number of persons paid Unemployment Assistance during the week preceding the first Monday in each of the months January to June, inclusive, in each of the years 1934, 1935 and 1936.
|
1934 |
1935 |
1936 |
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|
8th January |
* |
7th January |
75,537 |
6th January |
96,279 |
|
5th February |
* |
4th February |
90,631 |
3rd February |
107,016 |
|
5th March |
* |
4th March |
97,452 |
2nd March |
100,813 |
|
2nd April |
* |
1st April |
98,879 |
6th April |
87,621 |
|
7th May |
4,761 |
6th May |
91,184 |
4th May |
84,774 |
|
4th June |
14,088 |
3rd June |
90,529 |
2nd June |
80,524 |
* First payments of Unemployment Assistance were made during the week preceding the first Monday in May, 1934.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons to whom the payment of unemployment assistance was discontinued arising out of the operation of the first Employment Period Order made under the Unemployment Assistance Act in the present year.
The number of applications for unemployment assistance which were disallowed up to and including the 2nd June, 1936, the latest date for which figures are available on the ground that the applicants were not unemployed within the meaning of Section 15 (1) (a) of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933, as amended, owing to the operation of the Unemployment Assistance (Employment Periods) Order, 1936, was 5,759. This figure is a cumulative total of the numbers of applications disallowed each week since the Order came into force on the 4th March, 1936.