asked the Taoiseach if he will state the number of persons registered as unemployed at the latest date for which information is available at the following unemployment offices in County Wicklow: Arklow, Bray, Baltinglass and Wicklow.

The numbers of persons on the Live Register at the latest available date (21st February, 1959) at the following local offices of the Department of Social Welfare in County Wicklow were: Arklow, 244; Bray, 608; Baltinglass, 166 and Wicklow, 225.