asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the separate amounts paid to the Unemployment Insurance Fund by workpeople, employers, and the State for the last period for which information is available?

For the calendar year 1922 the separate amounts paid to the Unemployment Fund by workpeople, employers and the State were respectively.15,800,000, £18,100,000 and £12,300,000. In addition, the State has made advances amounting to £8,290,000, which made the total advances up to 31st December, 1922, £15,890,000.