asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people on the unemployment register in Carlow town and county.

39.

asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people in registered employment in Kilkenny in March 1987 and March 1988.

44.

asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people on the unemployment register in Kilkenny city and county.

45.

asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people in registered employment in Carlow for March, 1987 and March, 1988.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 39, 44 and 45 together.

Details of the numbers of people employed in March 1987 and March 1988 in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny are not yet available from the Central Statistics Office.

The numbers of people on the unemployment register in the areas concerned on 19 February 1988, the latest date for which information is available, were as follows: