asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the number of unemployed who were registered at the employment exchanges in County Kerry in the first week in March, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Registered Unemployed.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle to circulate it with the Official Report
Following is the statement:—
NUMBER of persons registered at Local Offices of the Department of Social Welfare in County Kerry on the dates indicated.
|
Local Office |
6th March, 1948 |
5th March, 1949 |
4th March, 1950 |
3rd March, 1951 |
1st March, 1952 |
|
Cahirciveen |
715 |
893 |
791 |
550 |
488 |
|
Dingle |
760 |
723 |
710 |
650 |
589 |
|
Kenmare |
327 |
337 |
292 |
246 |
215 |
|
Killarney |
355 |
537 |
477 |
328 |
555 |
|
Killorglin |
654 |
774 |
609 |
626 |
642 |
|
Listowel |
1,675 |
1,876 |
1,575 |
1,486 |
1,333 |
|
Tralee |
2,272 |
2,367 |
2,039 |
1,873 |
1,768 |
|
TOTAL |
6,758 |
7,507 |
6,493 |
5,759 |
5,590 |
The dates shown are the first Saturday in March.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state for the last available date the number of registered unemployed in (a) Bantry Employment Exchange, (b) Dunmanway, (c) Skibbereen, and (d) the electoral division of Kilcaskan, Bantry.
The numbers of persons registered at the Bantry, Dunmanway and Skibbereen local offices of my Department on Saturday, March 22nd, 1952, were 225, 157 and 245 respectively. The number of persons in the district electoral division of Kilcaskan registered on the same date was 68.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the number of unemployed persons signing at the employment exchange in (a) Waterford City, (b) Dungarvan, (c) Lismore, and (d) County Waterford as a whole (excluding Waterford City) on (i) February 28th, 1951, and (ii) February 28th, 1952.
The numbers of persons registered on the 24th February, 1951, and on the 23rd February, 1952, which are the nearest dates in February for which the information is available, were as follows:—
|
Registered |
On 24th February, 1951 |
On 23rd February, 1952 |
|
At Waterford Local Office |
1,233 |
1,297 |
|
,, Dungarvan ,, ,, |
193 |
219 |
|
,, Lismore ,, ,, |
31 |
74 |
|
In County Waterford (excluding County Borough of Waterford) |
346 |
486 |