asked the Taoiseach if he will state the present number of persons registered as unemployed at the following employment exchanges: (1) Portlaoighise, (2) Portarlington, (3) Mountmellick, (4) Mountrath, and (5) Stradbally, County Laoighis.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Registered Unemployed in Laoighis-Offaly.
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The number of persons on the live register at Portlaoighise and Portarlington local offices on 3rd January, 1959, were 189 and 171 respectively. This is the latest date for which the information is available.
Mountmellick, Mountrath and Stradbally are not local offices of the Department of Social Welfare and persons from these areas would normally register at the Portlaoighise and Portarlington offices.