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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 21 Apr 1932

Vol. 41 No. 4

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Manufacture of Agricultural Machinery.

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will give for each of the years 1928 to 1931 (inclusive) the number of those employed in the Saorstát in the manufacture of agricultural machinery.

Most of the firms in the Saorstát engaged in the manufacture of agricultural machinery are also engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements and in addition do a considerable amount of repair work for customers. It is not possible from the returns available to state the numbers employed in the manufacture of agricultural machinery only. According to the Census of Production returns, the following were the numbers engaged in mid-October in each of the years 1929 and 1931 by those firms whose output in those years included the manufacture of agricultural machinery: 403 persons in 1929 and 323 persons in 1931. Similar figures for the years 1928 or 1930 are not available.

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