asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state separately the number of men and women who were registered as unemployed at the Carlow and Muinebeag employment exchanges at the latest date for which the figures are available.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Registration of Unemployed in County Carlow.
The numbers of men and women who were on the register at the Carlow Employment Exchange and the Muinebeag Branch Employment Office at the 27th April, 1946, were as follows: Carlow, 270 men and 38 women; Muinebeag, 113 men and 11 women.
The county council stopped cutting turf and as a result many of these people are now unemployed.
That is a matter for Carlow County Council.