Latest live register figures
Collins sought the latest national and employment-office figures and the unemployment percentage. Ahern reported 148,004 people on the register on 26 March 1982, equal to 12.0% of the estimated labour force, and supplied local-office figures.
asked the Taoiseach the number on the live register at the latest available date; the national percentage of unemployment in the country based on the live register; and the number on the live register for each of the employment exchanges in the country at the same date.
Comment on this
The number of persons on the live register on 26 March 1982, the latest date for which information is available, was 148,004. This represents 12.0 per cent of the estimated total labour force.
I propose to circulate a statement showing the number of persons on the live register at each local employment office on 26 March 1982.
Following is the statement:
Number of persons on the live register at each local employment office on 26 March 1982.