National live register averages
Average weekly figures for the first nine months were 111,887 in 1977, 103,711 in 1978 and 93,923 in 1979; the 1979 figure uses monthly data.
asked the Taoiseach the average weekly number of persons on the live register for the first nine months of 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Comment on this
The average weekly number of persons on the live register for the first nine months of 1977 was 111,887, for 1978 it was 103,711 and for 1979 it was 93,923. These figures are averages for the last Friday in each month, since all the individual weekly figures for 1979 are not yet available.
The average live register figure for the first nine months of 1979 is affected by the relaxation, on 1 October 1978, in the regulations governing the conditions under which single women and widows may apply for unemployment assistance. It is estimated that the average live register figure for this period would have been some 2,200 less if the regulations had remained unchanged.
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