Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 29 Oct 1941

Vol. 85 No. 1

Written Answers. - Unemployment Insurance.

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total number of (1) men, (2) women, (3) boys, (4) girls, and (5) the total of such persons who were in receipt of (1) unemployment insurance payments, and (2) unemployment assistance payments, during the week preceding each of the following dates, viz., 26th April, 1941; 31st May, 1941; 28th June, 1941; 26th July, 1941, and 30th August, 1941, 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 gross total of such persons in receipt of these payments.

Mr. Lemass

The particulars are as follows:—

NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS PAID (1) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND (2) UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE DURING THE WEEKS SPECIFIED.

Area in which Local Office is situated	Week ended	(1) Unemployment Insurance	(2) Unemployment Assistance*
Men	Women	Boys	Girls	Total	Men	Women	Total
Dublin Co. Borough and Dún Laoghaire Borough	26/4/41	4,728	2,516	114	253	7,611	11,195	998	12,193
31/5/41	4,707	3,142	86	203	8,138	10,480	1,086	11,566
28/6/41	4,295	2,780	72	134	7,281	10141	1,122	11,263
26/7/41	1,325	2,489	109	130	7,053	9,831	1,083	10,914
30/8/41	4,407	2,751	97	181	7,436	9,485	1,159	10,644
North Leinster	26/4/41	2,140	742	37	45	2,964	1,732	185	1,917
31/5/41	1,462	491	16	22	1,991	1,426	223	1,649
28/6/41	1,243	663	21	33	1,960	1,305	225	1,530
26/7/41	1,068	631	11	25	1,735	1,207	232	1,439
30/8/41	1,295	572	11	39	1,917	1,322	240	1,562
South Leinster	26/4/41	1,543	216	25	13	1,797	1,936	171	2,107
31/5/41	1,293	231	16	8	1,548	1,782	196	1,978
28/6/41	1,071	260	19	17	1,367	1,739	196	1,935
26/7/41	1,116	190	23	5	1,334	1,748	176	1,924
30/8/41	1,373	293	47	34	1,747	1,747	193	1,940
North Munster	26/4/41	2,432	440	48	19	2,939	5,162	309	5,471
31/5/41	1,989	455	28	25	2,497	3,890	285	4,175
28/6/41	1,704	388	26	10	2,128	3,746	282	4,028
26/7/41	1,736	370	37	22	2,165	3,212	280	3,492
30/8/41	2,139	369	43	19	2,570	3,575	271	3,846
South Munster	26/4/41	2,639	538	53	17	3,247	7,372	462	7,834
31/5/41	2,266	528	37	24	2,853	5,694	466	6,160
28/6/41	1,995	514	28	19	2,556	5,084	481	5,565
26/7/41	2,048	583	32	32	2,695	4,947	472	5,419
30/8/41	2,381	759	33	26	3,199	5,473	491	5,964
North Connacht	26/4/41	974	103	15	—	1,092	2,570	51	2,621
31/5/41	1,077	96	6	5	1,184	2,288	53	2,341
28/6/41	700	112	2	5	819	2,041	54	2,095
26/7/41	586	122	4	1	713	1,851	51	1,902
30/8/41	588	144	5	5	742	1,852	55	1,907
South Connacht	26/4/41	865	147	12	5	1,029	1,469	31	1,500
31/5/41	687	131	7	6	831	1,376	33	1,409
28/6/41	580	152	7	4	743	1,305	42	1,347
26/7/41	521	114	4	7	646	1,255	39	1,294
30/8/41	604	100	2	4	710	1,327	41	1,368
Ulster (3 counties)	26/4/41	950	233	8	24	1,215	2,405	45	2,450
31/5/41	785	277	9	18	1,089	2,190	49	2,239
28/6/41	614	239	4	11	868	1,881	48	1,929
26/7/41	615	237	4	12	868	1,829	50	1,879
30/8/41	594	214	4	5	817	1,854	53	1,907
Éire	26/4/41	16,271	4,935	312	376	21,894	33,841	2,252	36,093
31/5/41	14,266	5,349	205	311	20,131	29,126	2,391	31,517
28/6/41	12,202	5,108	179	233	17,722	27,242	2,450	29,692
26/7/41	12,015	4,736	224	234	17,209	25,880	2,383	28,263
30/8/41	13,381	5,202	242	313	19,138	26,635	2,503	29,138

*Boys and Girls are not paid Unemployment Assistance.