Mary O'Rourke
Ceist:2 Mrs. O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach the reason for the delay in the issuing of long-term unemployment figures from the Central Statistics Office. [14933/96]
Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.
The April 1996 Age by Duration Live Register analysis was published on Friday, 12 July 1996.
As I described in a previous reply to the Deputy, the compilation of this analysis for some local offices of the Department of Social Welfare was affected by industrial action taken by the CPSU. Consequently, the CSO was not in a position to publish the analysis for the State on schedule.