asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of recipients of unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance in County Galway for each year from 1973 to 1979 inclusive.
Written Answers. - County Galway Unemployment Benefit Recipients.
440.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose, as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Average number of recipients |
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|
Year |
Unemployment Benefit |
Unemployment Assistance |
Total |
|
1973 |
1,357 |
5,440 |
6,797 |
|
1974 |
1,307 |
6,099 |
7,406 |
|
1975 |
1,686 |
7,367 |
9,053 |
|
1976 |
1,822 |
8,001 |
9,823 |
|
1977 |
1,645 |
7,485 |
9,130 |
|
1978 |
1,535 |
7,152 |
8,687 |
|
1979 (to date) |
1,247 |
6,542 |
7,789 |
Note: The above averages are derived from the numbers in payment during the first week of January, April, July and October in each year.