asked the Taoiseach if he will give an industrial analysis of the live register of unemployed for the latest available date and for the same date last year; if he will indicate the reasons for any major changes and if he will give in the case of the total the percentage increase or decrease in the case of each of the following employment exchange areas: Navan, Kells, Trim, Drogheda, Edenderry and Maynooth.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployed Register.
4.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the required information in so far as it is available.
Following is the statement:
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON THE LIVE REGISTER AT THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICES SPECIFIED AT MID-OCTOBER IN THE YEARS 1972 and 1971.
|
Industrial Group |
Local Office |
|||||||||||
|
Navan |
Kells |
Trim |
Drogheda |
Edenderry |
Maynooth |
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|
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
October, 1972 |
October, 1971 |
|
|
Food |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
— |
66 |
37 |
— |
— |
8 |
5 |
|
Drink |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
5 |
— |
— |
3 |
1 |
|
Textiles |
31 |
21 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
113 |
169 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Clothing (including boots and shoes) |
14 |
83 |
7 |
22 |
— |
— |
225 |
149 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
|
Woodworking, furniture and fittings |
29 |
44 |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
2 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
— |
— |
|
Metal Manufactures and engineering |
6 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
68 |
55 |
— |
— |
2 |
— |
|
Vehicles |
— |
— |
4 |
— |
1 |
1 |
16 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
Fertilisers, chemicals etc. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
13 |
13 |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Papermaking, stationery, printing and bookbinding |
3 |
1 |
— |
— |
4 |
14 |
11 |
2 |
— |
— |
5 |
2 |
|
Mining and quarrying |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|
Bricks, artificial building materials, pottery and glass |
6 |
4 |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
22 |
11 |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|
Building, contracting and works of construction |
66 |
24 |
36 |
39 |
28 |
23 |
321 |
129 |
32 |
40 |
32 |
20 |
|
Gas, electricity and water |
4 |
2 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
3 |
3 |
1 |
— |
2 |
2 |
|
Transport and communication |
12 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
— |
2 |
50 |
48 |
1 |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Distributive trades |
38 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
— |
92 |
73 |
58 |
68 |
54 |
14 |
|
Finance |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
9 |
8 |
2 |
— |
2 |
2 |
|
Public administration |
6 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
12 |
— |
— |
3 |
2 |
|
Professions |
7 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
48 |
34 |
— |
— |
5 |
— |
|
Personal services |
32 |
30 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
181 |
174 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
|
Entertainment and sports |
4 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
4 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Other industries or services |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
55 |
25 |
11 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
|
Agriculture |
65 |
49 |
48 |
54 |
25 |
24 |
45 |
47 |
26 |
27 |
13 |
20 |
|
Fishing |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
17 |
14 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
329 |
320 |
124 |
147 |
70 |
72 |
1,393 |
1,036 |
149 |
160 |
155 |
87 |
|
|
Percentage increase October, 1971/72 |
+2.8% |
–15.6% |
–2.8% |
+34.5% |
–6.9% |
+78.2% |
Detailed information is not available in respect of the specific changes shown by returns from local employment offices. The increase in the building and contracting group in Drogheda is due to the partial completion of a major building operation. The figures are not strictly comparable due to the operation of the Employment Period Order in 1971.