Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 13 Mar 1990

Vol. 396 No. 9

Written Answers. - County Cork Unemployment Statistics.

Michael Creed

Ceist:

60 Mr. Creed asked the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed in Cork County in (a) 1987; (b) each year from 1987 to 1989 inclusive and (c) to date in 1990; and the number of persons registered as unemployed in the constituency of Cork North-West for the same periods.

The Taoiseach

The following table shows the number of persons on the live register at the local employment offices in Cork city and county at the end of February, 1987 to 1990.

	27 February 1987	26 February 1988	24 February 1989	23 February 1990
Cork City	12,992	13,679	13,867	13,491
Cork (remainder)	12,100	12,176	11,617	11,225
Total	25,092	25,855	25,484	24,716

The numbers of persons on the live register at each local employment office in the constituency of Cork North-West for the same dates were:

	27 February 1987	26 February 1988	24 February 1989	23 February 1990
Macroom	659	658	672	609
Mallow	1,543	1,598	1,581	1,515
Newmarket	1,360	1,189	1,017	928
Total	3,562	3,445	3,270	3,052