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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 31 Jan 1978

Vol. 303 No. 1

Written Answers. - Unemployment Figures.

292.

asked the Taoiseach the number of people registered as unemployed for each month since May 1977.

The following statement gives the number of persons on the live register at a date in the middle of each month in the period May 1977 to January 1978.

Numbers on the Live Register

Date

Number

13 May

1977

112,958

17 June

,,

109,439

15 July

,,

108,711

12 August

,,

109,772

16 September

,,

106,341

14 October

,,

104,779

18 November

,,

106,845

16 December

,,

107,219

13 January

,,

113,354

293.

asked the Taoiseach the number unemployed at the following Labour Exchanges at 31 December 1976 and 31 December 1977: Birr, Tullamore, Edenderry, Portarlington and Portlaoise.

The following statement gives the total number of persons on the live register at Birr, Tullamore, Edenderry, Portarlington and Portlaoise local offices at 31 December 1976 and 30 December 1977.

Local Office

Total Live Register

31st December, 1976

30th December, 1977

Birr

589

556

Tullamore

636

1,000

Edenderry

495

356

Portarlington

349

282

Portlaoise

517

438

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