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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 13 Mar 1985

Vol. 356 No. 11

Written Answers. - County Kilkenny Unemployment.

492.

asked the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed in all the exchanges in Kilkenny, together with persons in the south Kilkenny area signing in Waterford exchange, on 1 March 1985 and the comparative figure on 1 March 1984.

The following table shows the number of persons on the live register at each local employment office in County Kilkenny on 24 February 1984 and on 22 February 1985.

Local Office

24 February 1984

22 February 1985

Callan

531

601

Castlecomer

660

705

Kilkenny

1,373

1,439

Thomastown

535

592

Total Co. Kilkenny

3,099

3,337

A special area of residence analysis of the live register is carried out quarterly on the second last Friday of February, May, August and November. On 23 November 1984 the latest date for which figures are available, there were 3,517 persons on the live register who were resident in County Kilkenny. Of these, 432 were on the live register at Waterford City Employment Exchange. On 18 November 1983 the corresponding figures were 3,369 and 359 respectively.

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