asked the Minister for Labour the total number of persons registered as unemployed on 8th March, 1968; and if he will express this as a percentage of the total work force.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Registered Unemployed.
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The total number registered as unemployed on 8th March, 1968, was 65,536 which is equivalent to 5.85 per cent of the total labour force of 1,118,400 as revealed by the provisional results of the 1966 Census of Population.