asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the numbers of persons claiming unemployment benefit in the month of January, 1948, to 1953, whose last place of employment was Great Britain.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Benefit.
The available statistics do not contain the information sought by the Deputy. The number of persons, however, on the live register on the last Saturday in January in each of the years referred to, whose last place of employment was stated to have been in Great Britain, is as follows:—
|
31st January, 1948 |
4,262 |
|
29th January, 1949 |
4,377 |
|
28th January, 1950 |
4,843 |
|
27th January, 1951 |
4,048 |
|
26th January, 1952 |
3,001 |
|
31st January, 1953 |
4,261 |