Dáil Éireann - Volume 264 - 29 November, 1972

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Rate.

6. Dr. O'Connell asked the Taoiseach the percentage rate of unemployment at the latest available date; and how it compares with the rate for the same time last year.

Mr. Andrews: The percentage of insured persons on the live register at mid-October, 1972, was 7.6, and the corresponding percentage for mid-October, 1971, was 7.1.