Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 2 Oct 1940

Vol. 81 No. 1

Written Answers. - Unemployment Assistance.

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total amount of unemployment assistance payments made in each of the months of July and August, 1940, and the amount of such payments made in each month in respect of the Dublin registered area.

Mr. MacEntee

The total amount of unemployment assistance payments made in each of the months of July and August, 1940, and the amount of such payments made in each of those months in respect of the Dublin registration area were as follows. The figures are, of course, subject to audit:—

Month	Total amount of Unemployment Assistance paid	Amount paid in respect of the Dublin Registration Area
1940:	£	£
July	66,474	28,831
August	80,264	34,430

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of (a) persons with means, (b) persons without means, discriminating between (1) men, and (2) women, having applications current for unemployment assistance during the week preceding each of the following dates, viz., the 30th March, 1940; 27th April, 1940; 25th May, 1940; 29th June, 1940; 27th July, 1940; 31st August, 1940, in each of the employment areas: (1) Dublin and Dun Laoghaire, (2) North Leinster, (3) South Leinster, (4) North Munster, (5) South Munster, (6) North Connacht, (7) South Connacht, (8) Ulster, and the number of others, discriminating between (1) men, and (2) women, (3) boys, and (4) girls, on the live register (including persons with unemployment insurance claims current) in each of these employment areas during the week preceding each of the following dates, viz., the 30th March, 1940; 27th April, 1940; 25th May, 1940; 29th June, 1940; 27th July, 1940, and 31st August, 1940, and the totals of such persons.

Mr. MacEntee

The particulars are as follows:—

LIVE REGISTER ON SPECIFIED DATES.

Area in which Local Office in situated		Number of Applications current to Unemployment Assistance*	Others on Live Register including including persons with Unemployment Insurance Claims Current
Date	With Means	Without Means
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Boys	Girls	Total
Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough.	30/3/'40	2,491	83	2,574	13,097	478	13,575	7,311	3,081	468	436	11,296
27/4/'40	2,556	106	2,662	13,000	510	13,510	6,373	3,746	432	402	10,953
25/5/'40	2,272	93	2,365	12,391	515	12,906	5,397	3,567	462	436	9,862
29/6/'40	1,859	79	1,938	10,229	520	10,749	4,943	3,862	441	390	9,636
	27/7/'40	1,657	100	1,757	9,293	565	9,858	4,682	3,783	435	485	9,385
	31/8/'40	1,765	111	1,876	9,236	688	9,924	4,858	3,540	400	508	9,306
North Leinster	30/3/'40	1,877	59	1,936	2,154	97	2,251	2,901	530	121	106	3,658
	27/4/'40	1,773	26	1,799	2,196	136	2,332	2,493	618	108	111	3,330
	25/5/'40	1,706	31	1,737	2,167	129	2,296	2,041	641	104	116	2,902
	29/6/'40	406	14	420	1,214	89	1,303	1,901	646	97	126	2,770
	27/7/'40	401	15	416	1,231	92	1,323	2,041	839	96	126	3,102
	31/8/'40	429	17	446	1,296	94	1,390	1,975	782	94	121	2,972
South Leinster	30/3/'40	1,447	94	1,541	2,676	174	2,850	2,157	426	34	48	2,665
	27/4/'40	1,398	61	1,459	2,470	210	2,689	1,952	394	46	55	2,447
	25/5/'40	1,434	56	1,490	2,507	230	2,737	1,816	323	30	51	2,220
	29/6/'40	428	24	452	1,484	108	1,592	1,727	324	26	44	2,121
	27/7/'40	414	28	442	1,449	106	1,555	1,653	313	33	44	2,043
	31/8/'40	408	32	440	1,581	112	1,693	1,750	370	43	42	2,205
North Munster	30/3/'40	3,401	98	3,499	4,829	315	5,144	2,861	460	77	57	3,455
	27/4/'40	3,144	97	3,241	4,678	302	4,980	2,665	499	84	60	3,308
	25/5/'40	3,083	93	3,176	4,872	280	5,152	2,722	536	81	62	3,401
	29/6/'40	1,097	56	1,153	3,070	198	3,268	2,674	495	64	85	3,318
	27/7/'40	1,238	59	1,297	2,636	194	2,830	2,337	550	69	92	3,048
	31/8/'40	1,331	56	1,387	2,804	185	2,989	2,694	648	75	95	3,512
South Munster	30/3/'40	4,612	207	4,819	5,287	408	5,695	3,638	956	151	119	4,864
	27/4/'40	4,609	188	4,797	5,310	396	5,706	3,227	788	157	165	4,337
	25/5/'40	4,632	174	4,806	5,066	393	5,459	2,603	650	118	132	3,503
	29/6/'40	2,005	83	2,088	3,621	323	3,944	2,672	729	109	127	3,637
	27/7/'40	2,320	82	2,402	3,555	334	3,889	3,051	960	125	185	4,321
	31/8/'40	2,363	83	2,446	3,787	334	4,121	3,118	930	123	192	4,363
North Connaught	30/3/'40	3,946	125	4,071	819	48	867	1,267	89	14	2	1,372
	27/4/'40	4,589	132	4,721	899	45	944	1,450	83	12	2	1,547
	25/5/'40	4,569	130	4,699	892	50	942	1,415	92	11	3	1,521
	29/6/'40	1,857	5	1,862	542	34	576	1,172	89	6	11	1,278
	27/7/'40	2,234	4	2,238	512	31	543	1,162	102	9	9	1,282
	31/8/'40	2,423	2	2,425	553	31	584	1,070	152	16	16	1,254
South Connaught	30/3/'40	1,887	45	1,932	661	38	699	982	122	3	3	1,110
	27/4/'40	2,158	40	2,198	712	40	752	1,017	145	6	5	1,173
	25/5/'40	2,217	45	2,262	631	38	669	1,033	123	6	5	1,167
	29/6/'40	1,312	4	1,316	477	29	506	920	126	5	5	1,056
	27/7/'40	1,495	5	1,500	466	24	490	1,068	114	—	4	1,186
	31/8/'40	1,539	5	1,544	494	17	511	989	105	4	1	1,099
Ulster	30/3/'40	4,024	284	4,308	1,186	192	1,378	1,971	144	10	5	2,130
(3 Counties)	27/4/'40	4,376	277	4,653	1,332	191	1,523	1,913	145	8	4	2,070
	25/5/'40	4,419	272	4,691	1,306	184	1,490	1,723	145	7	11	1,886
	29/6/'40	1,800	4	1,804	312	28	340	2,107	174	5	15	2,301
	27/7/'40	2,066	4	2,070	322	27	349	2,238	227	11	20	2,496
	31/8/'40	2,297	5	2,302	322	32	354	2,089	282	12	17	2,400
Éire	30/3/'40	23,685	995	24,680	30,709	1,750	32,459	23,088	5,808	878	776	30,550
	27/4/'40	24,603	927	25,530	30,606	1,830	32,436	21,090	6,418	853	804	29,165
	25/5/'40	24,332	894	25,226	29,832	1,819	31,651	18,750	6,077	819	816	26,462
	29/6/'40	10,764	269	11,033	20,949	1,329	22,278	18,116	6,445	753	803	26,117
	27/7/'40	11,825	297	12,122	19,464	1,373	20,837	18,232	6,888	778	865	26,863
	31/8/'40	12,555	311	12,866	20,073	1,493	21,566	18,543	6,809	767	992	27,111

*Boys and girls are not paid Unemployment Assistance.