Seamus Kirk
Ceist:164 Mr. Kirk asked the Taoiseach the unemployment statistics for the Drogheda area live register on 1 September for each of the years 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999; and the statistics available for the year 2000. [9164/00]
Written Answers. - Unemployment Statistics.
The live register information for Drogheda for the dates requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
End of month live register totals for
Drogheda employment exchange
|
Month |
Persons |
|
August 1996 |
4,357 |
|
August 1997 |
4,050 |
|
August 1998 |
3,636 |
|
August 1999 |
3,118 |
|
December 1999 |
2,744 |
|
January 2000 |
2,829 |
|
February 2000 |
2,793 |