asked the Taoiseach the number of unemployed at present registered in the following offices of the Department of Social Welfare: (a) Tullamore (b) Birr (c) Edenderry (d) Portarlington (e) Portlaoise (f) Athy and (g) Rathdowney; and the number of registered unemployed in each office on 1st June, 1961.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Laois-Offaly Unemployment.
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The numbers of persons on the Live Register on Saturday, 9th June, 1962, at the following local offices of the Department of Social Welfare were:— (a) Tullamore, 151, (b) Birr, 182, (c) Edenderry, 74, (d) Portarlington, 138, (e) Portlaoise, 112, (f) Athy, 46, and (g) Rathdowney, 56. The corresponding figures for 3rd June, 1961 (the nearest available date to 1st June, 1961), were:— (a) Tullamore, 95; (b) Birr, 159; (c) Edenderry, 57; (d) Portarlington, 55; (e) Portlaoise, 136; (f) Athy, 108, and (g) Rathdowney, 35.