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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 10 Feb 1981

Vol. 326 No. 7

Written Answers. - Tipperary Live Register.

126.

asked the Taoiseach the number on the Live Register in Tipperary town on 1st June and 1st December in each year since the Live Register was established.

The following table shows the numbers of persons on the Live Register at the local employment office in Tipperary town 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 condition which applied to single women and widows who were applicants for unemployment assistance were relaxed as from 1 October 1978.

The number of persons on the Live Register at the local employment office in Tipperary town on dates at the end of June and December in the years 1934 to 1980 inclusive.

Year

June

December

1980

423

613

1979

450

479

1978

491

552

1977

459

615

1976

516

584

1975

316

533

1974

218

326

1973

194

289

1972

207

319

1971

193

354

1970

261

363

1969

167

377

1968

190

304

1967

123

372

1966

157

369

1965

149

380

1964

149

349

1963

160

326

1962

158

318

1961

146

372

1960

177

372

1959

174

447

1958

211

346

1957

189

407

1956

213

411

1955

178

350

1954

176

416

1953

242

391

1952

160

326

1951

160

261

1950

192

264

1949

209

360

1948

148

319

1947

226

350

1946

275

408

1945

165

451

1944

212

387

1943

198

293

1942

270

463

1941

291

536

1940

299

575

1939

430

652

1938

512

741

1937

412

799

1936

436

512

1935

856

878

1934

542

1,058

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