asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons normally employed in the building trades (setting out separately the figures for each craft and for builders' labourers) who were registered in the Dublin district as unemployed at each of the following dates in 1934, 1935 and 1936, i.e., the first week in January, April, July and October.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment in Building Trades.
A statement will be circulated with the Official Report showing the numbers in each category of building trade workers on the Live Register at Dublin Employment Exchange during the first week of January, April, July and October for each of the years 1934, 1935 and 1936. The figures for October, 1936, are preliminary and subject to revision.
Following is the statement:
Number of persons in the Building Trade, who were on the Live Register at Dublin Employment Exchange during the first week in each of the months, January, April, July and October in each of the years 1934, 1935 and 1936:—
DATE |
Carpenters |
Bricklayers |
Masons |
Plasterers and Tilers |
Painters |
Plumbers and Glaziers |
Builders' Labourers |
Total in Building Trade |
1934: |
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1st January |
93 |
26 |
66 |
33 |
372 |
84 |
983 |
1,637 |
3rd April |
154 |
43 |
36 |
20 |
242 |
92 |
1,155 |
1,742 |
2nd July |
91 |
14 |
39 |
23 |
188 |
102 |
1,160 |
1,617 |
7th October |
61 |
48 |
38 |
28 |
278 |
80 |
1,303 |
1,836 |
1935: |
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7th January |
145 |
61 |
30 |
25 |
467 |
52 |
1,613 |
2,393 |
1st April |
245 |
40 |
22 |
45 |
306 |
61 |
1,765 |
2,484 |
1st July |
235 |
44 |
23 |
17 |
231 |
84 |
1,751 |
2,385 |
6th October |
245 |
42 |
17 |
10 |
286 |
46 |
1,823 |
2,469 |
1936: |
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6th January |
414 |
131 |
20 |
164 |
464 |
63 |
2,056 |
3,312 |
6th April |
280 |
47 |
22 |
177 |
293 |
86 |
1,702 |
2,607 |
6th July |
128 |
24 |
22 |
60 |
186 |
44 |
1,509 |
1,973 |
4th October |
105 |
5 |
26 |
13 |
264 |
75 |
1,367 |
1,855 |