asked the Taoiseach if he will state for each year from 1934 to 1947, inclusive (a) the greatest number of registered unemployed, (b) the average number of such unemployed, omitting any period in each year in which the numbers of such unemployed were affected by any Employment Period Order, (c) the average number of such unemployed, including periods affected by Employment Period Orders, (d) the number of those who emigrated.
Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.
The information requested by the Deputy at (a), (b) and (c) is given in the tables below. As regards (d) it is not possible to state the number of emigrants each year, but for the intercensal period 1936-46 the average annual net emigration was 18,712 persons a year.
TABLE 1.—Maximum number of persons on the Live Registser for any week in the years 1934-1947 inclusive.
Year |
Maximum Number on the Live Register |
1934 |
128,084 |
1935 |
141,626 |
1936 |
145,977 |
1937 |
106,931 |
1938 |
106,613 |
1939 |
118,130 |
1940 |
118,461 |
1941 |
107,358 |
1942 |
104,106 |
1943 |
88,435 |
1944 |
78,780 |
1945 |
79,455 |
1946 |
81,793 |
1947 |
76,906 |
TABLE 2.—Average of the weekly numbers of persons on the Live Register for those weeks during the years 1934-1947 inclusive for which Employment Period Orders were not in operation.
Year |
Average Number |
1934 |
101,594* |
1935 |
131,312 |
1936 |
125,059 |
1937 |
95,685 |
1938 |
98,564 |
1939 |
105,420 |
1940 |
109,047 |
1941 |
98,866 |
1942 |
91,538 |
1943 |
79,607 |
1944 |
71,220 |
1945 |
72,788 |
1946 |
71,268 |
1947 |
66,548 |
*No Employment Period Orders were in operation in 1934.
TABLE 3.—Average weekly numbers of persons on the Live Register for all weeks in the years 1934-1947 inclusive, including those weeks for which Employment Period Orders were in operation.
Year |
Average Number |
1934 |
101,594 |
1935 |
120,153 |
1936 |
100,512 |
1937 |
82,366 |
1938 |
87,619 |
1939 |
92,592 |
1940 |
83,976 |
1941 |
74,032 |
1942 |
77,237 |
1943 |
67,612 |
1944 |
59,588 |
1945 |
59,781 |
1946 |
60,342 |
1947 |
55,396 |