asked the Taoiseach the total number of persons registered as unemployed throughout the country for each year in the period 1973 to 1984; and the category and sex of those registered.

The information requested by the Deputy is given, in respect of the last Friday in April, for each year from 1973 onwards, in the following table.

The number of persons on the live register in the State on the last Friday of April, 1973 to 1985, classified by type of claim and sex.

572.

asked the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed at each exchange in Dublin city and county for the years 1973 to 1984, inclusive; and the category and sex of those registered.

The information requested by the Deputy is given, in respect of the last Friday in April, for each year from 1973 onwards, in the following table. During the period in question three new local employment offices became operational in Dublin city; Townsend Street in October 1978, Navan Road in June 1981, and Thomas Street in February 1982, and on such occasions, transfers of registrants may occur between local offices.

The number of persons on the live register at each local employment office in Dublin city and county, on the last Friday of April 1973 to 1985, classified by type of claim and sex.

573.

asked the Taoiseach the number of persons engaged in employment, classified by the industrial sector, throughout the country for the period 1973 to 1984.

Estimates of the numbers at work in the State are compiled annually in respect of mid-April and are based on the sample labour force surveys, the census of population, and other sectoral indicators.

The estimates are as follows:

Persons at work (000)

Note: Estimates for 1984 will be available shortly.

574.

asked the Taoiseach the number of persons engaged in employment, classified by the industrial sector, in Dublin city and county for the period 1973 to 1984.

Estimates of the number of persons at work are available for the Dublin region for those years on which either a sample labour force survey (LFS) or a census of population is held. Particulars are as follows:

Notes: (1) Sampling variability can give rise to fluctuations in the estimates from the labour force survey for individual sectors.

(2) Results from the 1984 LFS will be available shortly.

575.

asked the Taoiseach if he will prepare an analysis on the basis of age and duration of unemployment of the number of persons registered as unemployed at each exchange in Dublin city and county for each year in the period 1973 to 1984.

576.

asked the Taoiseach if he will prepare an analysis on the basis of age and duration of unemployment of the total number of persons registered as unemployed throughout the country for each year in the period 1973 to 1984.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 575 and 576 together. A special age-by-duration analysis of the live register is carried out in April and October of each year. This analysis was initiated in 1980 as a result of recommendations contained in the Report of the Interdepartmental Study on Unemployment Statistics (Prl. 7925) published in April 1979. No such cross-classification was compiled for earlier years.

Results of the age-by-duration analysis for the State as a whole, for October of each year from 1980 onwards, are shown in the following table. Equivalent results relating to persons on the live register at local employment offices in the east planning region (Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow) on the same dates are also provided. Information for areas smaller than planning regions is not readily available.

The following table classifies persons on the live register by age group and duration of continuous registration on the second last Friday of October,1980 to 1984, for the State.

The following table classifies persons on the live register by age group and duration of continuous registration on the second last Friday of October,to 1984, for the east planning region.