asked the Taoiseach if he will state the number of persons registered as unemployed on the last Saturday in April at Bray, Blessington, Baltinglass, Arklow and Wicklow branch employment offices.

The number of persons on the Live Register on the last Saturday in April (26th April, 1958) at the following local offices of the Department of Social Welfare were: Bray, 480; Blessington, 65; Baltinglass, 160; Arklow, 202, and Wicklow, 205.