asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the number of persons employed on housing schemes by local authorities in County Galway in the last week in March, April and May, 1951, and in the corresponding weeks of 1953.

The numbers of persons employed by local authorities on housing schemes in Galway County at the end of March, April and May, 1951, were 300, 303 and 334 respectively. The corresponding figures for the same dates in 1953 were 52, 40 and 41 respectively.