asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of unemployed registered at the local labour exchange in the urban area of Passage West; and what steps he has taken to relieve unemployment in that area.

The number of unemployed registered at the local employment exchange at Passage West on 21st May was 178 men and seven women. As regards the second portion of the question, the Deputy is referred to the reply given on 24th March, 1938, to a similar question addressed to the Minister for Finance.