Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 21 May 1941

Vol. 83 No. 6

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cobh and Passage West Unemployed.

Mr. Hurley

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of unemployed males registered at the employment exchanges of Cobh and Passage West, County Cork, respectively, for each of the four weeks in the period ended May 10th or the nearest date for which returns are available, and if he will also state the amounts paid in (a) unemployment benefits, (b) unemployment assistance for each of those weeks at each such exchange.

Mr. MacEntee

As this reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the reply:—

The particulars are as follows:—

Statement showing the number of males registered as seeking work on the undermentioned dates and the total amounts paid in unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance in the weeks ended on the under-mentioned dates, at Cobh Employment Exchange and at Passage West Branch Employment Office.

	19th April, 1941	26th April, 1941	3rd May, 1941	10th May, 1941
	Cobh Employment Exchange
	No.	No.	No.	No.
Males with unemployment benefit claims current	162	162	166	162
Males with unemployment assistance applications current:
With means	37	41	43	43
Without means	143	148	169	177
Other males on the live register	8	8	8	11
TOTAL	350	359	386	393
	£	£	£	£
Total amount paid in unemployment benefit*	115	137	127	127
Total amount paid in unemployment assistance	76	70	74	80
	Passage West Branch Employment Office
	No.	No.	No.	No.
Males with unemployment benefit claims current	93	95	92	93
Males with unemployment assistance applications current:
With means	29	28	29	30
Without means	120	117	117	119
Other males on the live register	16	18	16	18
TOTAL	258	258	254	260
	£	£	£	£
Total amount paid in unemployment benefit*	67	73	81	74
Total amount paid in unemployment assistance*	53	54	50	54

*Amounts paid to males and females; separate figures for males are not available. These figures are subject to audit.