asked the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed at each of the following labour exchanges: Monaghan, Clones, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross during the last week of February 1977, 1978 and 1979.

The following statement gives the number of persons on the live register at the relevant labour exchanges on 23 February 1979 and at corresponding dates in 1978 and 1977.