Unemployment assistance and the poverty line
The Parliamentary Secretary reported 50,607 applicants as of 6 May 1977, but said the CSO did not recognise a poverty line and could not provide one.
asked the Taoiseach the total number of persons drawing unemployment assistance in mid-April 1977 or on the latest available date.
Comment on this
The number of applicants for unemployment assistance at the 6th May, 1977, was 50,607.
Comment on this
Would the Parliamentary Secretary say if the people on unemployment assistance are living below the poverty line?
Comment on this
There is no recognition of the existence of a poverty line for the purpose of the CSO.
Comment on this
Could the Parliamentary Secretary indicate if the figures given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare as to the number of people living below the poverty line would be included in this 50,000 or would they be in addition to the 50,000?
Comment on this
The Deputy has been over this ground with me about three weeks ago, and I explained to him that a conception like a poverty line which might be used by the Department of Social Welfare for their purposes had nothing to do with the figures which the Central Statistics Office compiled for their purposes.