asked the Taoiseach the number of unemployed registered at Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee employment exchanges, County Louth at 31 May 1981 and 1982.
Written Answers. - Louth Unemployment Figures.
726.
The following table shows the number of persons on the live register at each of Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee local employment offices on 30 April 1982, the latest date for which figures are available, and on a corresponding date in 1981.
Local Office |
24 April 1981 |
30 April 1982 |
Dundalk |
2,166 |
2,962 |
Drogheda |
1,758 |
1,979 |
Ardee |
717 |
747 |
Total |
4,641 |
5,688 |