asked the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register at the Cork city employment exchange for each month in 1978 and 1979 to date.

The following statement gives the number of persons on the live register at Cork employment exchange at the end of each month in 1978 and at the end of January, March and April 1979. The figure relating to the end of February 1979 is not yet available.

The figure relating to 27 April 1979 is the latest available.