asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the numbers registered as unemployed in each month during the year 1952.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
NUMBERS of persons registered at local offices of the Department of Social Welfare on the last Saturday of each month in 1952.
|
Date |
Number |
|
26th January |
73,677 |
|
23rd February |
74,134 |
|
29th March |
69,347 |
|
26th April |
67,766 |
|
31st May |
60,986 |
|
28th June |
45,872 |
|
26th July |
45,960 |
|
30th August |
47,018 |
|
27th September |
47,234 |
|
25th October |
56,879 |
|
29th November |
68,850 |
|
27th December |
71,844 |
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the quarterly returns of the numbers registered as unemployed during the years 1951 to 1954, inclusive.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
NUMBERS of persons registered at local offices of the Department of Social Welfare on the last Saturday of each quarter in the years 1951-1954, inclusive.
|
Quarter |
Number |
|
|
1951 |
March |
59,570 |
|
June |
37,125 |
|
|
September |
40,505 |
|
|
December |
68,228 |
|
|
1952 |
March |
69,347 |
|
June |
45,872 |
|
|
September |
47,234 |
|
|
December |
71,844 |
|
|
1953 |
March |
85,541 |
|
June |
63,589 |
|
|
September |
51,674 |
|
|
December (a) |
66,542 |
|
|
1954 |
March |
73,853 |
|
June |
53,577 |
|
|
September |
47,620 |
|
|
December (a) |
61,551 |
(a) Figures for December, 1953 and 1954, relate to the third Saturday of the month.