asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he is aware that the Employment Exchange at Clonakilty has been closed down, and that the work formerly carried out there has been transferred to Cork; if he will state the reasons for the closing down of this Exchange, and if, in view of the fact that there are about 1,500 men on the register of this office, he will consider the question of re-opening it.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - CLONAKILTY UNEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE.
The last manager of the Clonakilty Branch Employment Office having resigned from the service before a successor could be appointed, the Branch Office had to be temporarily closed, but arrangements are at present in progress for the appointment of a new Branch Manager, and I hope that the office will be reopened at a very early date. In the meantime the work normally falling on the Branch Office is being carried out at the Cork Employment Exchange.
Is the Minister aware that, in consequence of the existing state of affairs, ex-National Army men are brought down and given employment in the district?
I am afraid that is a separate question.