§ Mr. KENNEDYasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of local men employed by the contractor in the carrying out of the work on the new sea wall and esplanade at Kirkcaldy; what number of unskilled workers from Ireland and other districts have been, and are, engaged on the work in question; and how many men are now in receipt of unemployment benefit within the district of the Kirkcaldy rating authority?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAFrom inquiries which have been made locally, it has been476W ascertained that a number of Irishmen are employed on the scheme in question. As the work is being carried out by contract, it is not a condition of the grant that labour should be recruited through the Employment Exchange. The attention of the Unemployment Grants Committee has, however, been drawn to this matter, and it is understood that they are in communication with the local authority in regard thereto. The number of men in receipt of unemployment benefit within the district of the Kirkcaldy rating authority is 1,590.