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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Nov 1986

Vol. 369 No. 6

Written Answers. - Longford Unemployment.

43.

asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the unemployment register for Longford town and county on 30 September 1986, and on 30 September 1983.

A special area of residence analysis of the live register is carried out quarterly on the second last Friday of February, May, August and November. On 19 August 1983 the total number of persons on the live register and resident in County Longford was 1,400, of these 223 were resident in Longford urban district. The corresponding figures for 22 August 1986 were 1,762 and 404 respectively.

The following table shows the number of persons (irrespective of residence) on the live register in Granard and Longford local employment offices on the last Friday of September 1983 and 1986.

Local Office

30 September 1983

26 September 1986

Granard

458

483

Longford

1,142

1,675

Total County Longford

1,600

2,158

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