asked the Taoiseach the up-to-date unemployment figures for (i) Cork city and (ii) County Cork; and the corresponding figures for the past ten years.
Written Answers. - Cork Unemployment Figures.
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The following table gives the numbers of persons on the live register at Cork city employment exchange and the aggregate live register totals for the other employment offices in County Cork on 31 October 1980 with comparable figures for the corresponding dates in the years 1979 to 1970 inclusive.
|
Local Offices |
1980 |
1979 |
1978 |
1977 |
1976 |
1975 |
1974 |
1973 |
1972 |
1971 |
1970 |
|
Cork City |
5,337 |
3,235 |
3,721 |
4,124 |
4,327 |
4,508 |
2,527 |
2,046 |
2,581 |
2,420 |
1,712 |
|
County Cork (excluding Cork City) |
5,081 |
3,270 |
3,518 |
3,711 |
3,938 |
3,719 |
2,019 |
1,890 |
2,244 |
2,195 |
1,861 |