asked the Minister for Labour the number of registered unemployed in the last month and the number of such persons who refused offered employment in the same period or in the latest month for which figures are available.
Written Answers. - Registered Unemployed.
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The average number of people registered as unemployed during the four weeks ended 1st May, 1970 was 70,988. In that period 35 people who were so registered refused offers of employment to which they were referred by the local offices of my Department.