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 as unemployed at each employment exchange and employment office in County Dublin during the first week in October, 1936.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment in Building Trades.
A statement showing 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 as unemployed at the Dublin Employment Exchange, the Dun Laoghaire Employment Exchange and the Balbriggan Branch Employment Office (the three offices situated in Dublin County) during the first week in October, 1936, will be circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
Number of persons normally employed in the Building Trades who were registered as unemployed at the Dublin Employment Exchange, the Dun Laoghaire Employment Exchange and the Balbriggan Branch Employment Office during the first week in October, 1936:—
|
Occupation |
Dublin Exchange |
Dun Laoghaire Exchange |
Balbriggan Branch Office |
|
Carpenters |
105 |
10 |
1 |
|
Bricklayers |
5 |
2 |
— |
|
Masons |
26 |
3 |
4 |
|
Plasterers and Tilers |
13 |
— |
— |
|
Painters |
264 |
23 |
— |
|
Plumbers and Glaziers |
75 |
2 |
— |
|
Builders Labourers |
1,367 |
82 |
11 |
|
Total in Building Trade |
1,855 |
122 |
16 |
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 as unemployed in the first week in October, 1936.
The numbers of persons normally employed in the building trades, appearing on the live register during the first week in October, 1936, were as follows:—Carpenters, 456; bricklayers, 26; masons, 194; plasterers and tilers, 35; painters, 513; plumbers and glaziers, 118; builders' labourers, 3,250, making a total of 4,592.
So there is no scarcity of unskilled labour in the building trades?
That is a separate question.