§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to reactivate the building construction industry so as to absorb unemployed building workers.
§ Mr. ConcannonSteps have already been taken in recent months which will provide more employment for workers in the construction industry. Measures to relieve unemployment generally, announced on 24th September 1975, included an allocation of £6.9 million for Northern Ireland. Whilst these measures were not aimed primarily at the construction industry, the latter will derive direct and indirect benefit from them, estimated to amount to 700 jobs. On 18th November 1975 the allocation of a further £2 million specifically to aid the construction industry in Northern Ireland was announced, providing an employment target of an additional 400 jobs.