asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers, painters, stone-cutters and labourers unemployed in the building industry in the city and county of Dublin on the 31st March (or nearest date thereto) in the years 1927, 1928 and 1929.

The number of persons in the trades mentioned registered as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in the area of Dublin City and County on the dates nearest to the 31st March for which statistics are available in the years 1927, 1928 and 1929, are as follows:—