asked the Taoiseach the number on the live register in Waterford at a date in June and a date in December for each year since the live register was established.
Written Answers. - Waterford Live Register.
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The following table shows the numbers of persons on the live register at local employment offices in County Waterford — including Waterford County Borough — at dates at the end of June and December for the years from 1934 to 1980.
It must be borne in mind that changes made in the administration of the social welfare regulations and other changes in the coverage of the live register affect the comparability of these figures over time. The following are the principal considerations which should be noted in this regard:
1. The figures for the period from 1966 to 1980 exclude persons on systematic short-time and persons aged 65 years and over — thus providing, in this sense, a series consistent with the revised coverage of the live register as introduced in January 1980. Such persons are included in the figures for earlier years.
2. The conditions under which persons are eligible for social insurance cover have been changed from time to time.
3. Following the introduction of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965, smallholders were excluded from the live register as from January 1966.
4. The operation of Employment Period Orders from 1935 to 1966, and again in 1971, which excluded certain persons from the receipt of unemployment assistance between March and November in each of these years.
5. The conditions which applied to single women and widows who were applicants for unemployment assistance were relaxed as from 1 October 1978.
The numbers of persons on the Live Register at local employment offices in County Waterford (including Waterford County Borough) at dates at the end of June and December for the years from 1934 to 1980.
|
Year |
June |
December |
Year |
June |
December |
|
1980 |
2,670 |
not available |
1956 |
1,255 |
1,777 |
|
1979 |
2,210 |
2,325 |
1955 |
1,248 |
1,393 |
|
1978 |
2,092 |
2,400 |
1954 |
1,268 |
1,389 |
|
1977 |
2,439 |
2,376 |
1953 |
1,506 |
1,636 |
|
1976 |
2,418 |
2,620 |
1952 |
1,344 |
1,493 |
|
1975 |
2,286 |
2,541 |
1951 |
1,082 |
1,242 |
|
1974 |
1,169 |
2,019 |
1950 |
1,269 |
1,407 |
|
1973 |
1,141 |
1,369 |
1949 |
1,504 |
1,655 |
|
1972 |
1,393 |
1,554 |
1948 |
1,523 |
1,604 |
|
1971 |
1,062 |
1,390 |
1947 |
1,859 |
1,652 |
|
1970 |
1,298 |
1,220 |
1946 |
1,913 |
1,708 |
|
1969 |
911 |
1,167 |
1945 |
1,313 |
1,843 |
|
1968 |
913 |
1,144 |
1944 |
1,455 |
1,712 |
|
1967 |
882 |
1,237 |
1943 |
1,494 |
1,584 |
|
1966 |
954 |
981 |
1942 |
1,899 |
2,124 |
|
1965 |
902 |
1,090 |
1941 |
2,280 |
2,593 |
|
1964 |
956 |
1,246 |
1940 |
2,179 |
2,838 |
|
1963 |
1,016 |
1,244 |
1939 |
2,336 |
2,723 |
|
1962 |
1,036 |
1,168 |
1938 |
2,510 |
2,591 |
|
1961 |
1,034 |
1,130 |
1937 |
2,173 |
2,560 |
|
1960 |
1,239 |
1,227 |
1936 |
2,154 |
2,601 |
|
1959 |
1,361 |
1,539 |
1935 |
3,155 |
3,208 |
|
1958 |
1,448 |
1,467 |
1934 |
2,724 |
3,485 |
|
1957 |
1,497 |
1,601 |