asked the Taoiseach the estimated total number of people at work at the end of 1960, 1970 and 1980.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers - Employment Statistics.
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The annual estimates available of the numbers at work relate to April of each year and are as follows:
April 1961, 1,053,000; April 1971, 1,055,000; April 1980, 1,163,000 (provisional).
I did not hear the last figure.
It was less than the other two.
I found it difficult to believe that it could be so low.
The Deputy can believe it; it was a very impressive figure, 1,163,000 while the figure for 1971 was 1,055,000. I am sorry to have to disappoint the Deputy.
The Minister of State has us dazzled with figures.