Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 26 Jan 1994

Vol. 437 No. 6

Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.

Eamon Gilmore

Question:

128 Mr. Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the most recently available figures for unemployed people at Dún Laoghaire Employment Exchange, County Dublin; and the figures for the corresponding date for each of the years from 1983 to date.

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to Dún Laoghaire is set out in the following table.

Number of persons on the Live Register in Dún Laoghaire Employment Exchange on the last Friday of December 1983 to 1993

December 1983	5,428
December 1984	6,061
December 1985	6,175
December 1986	6,621
December 1987	6,579
December 1988	6,225
December 1989	5,896
December 1990	5,967
December 1991	6,718
December 1992	7,552
December 1993	7,677

Note: There is a discontinuity in the series because of revised statistical coverage from May 1992.