asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total number of persons employed and the number of firms employing them in the manufacture of (1) tobacco; (2) boots and shoes; (3) glass bottles; (4) soap and candles; (5) motor bodies; (6) sugar confectionery (including jam); (7) brushmaking; (8) shirts and collars; (9) blankets, blanketing and rugs (other than floor rugs); (10) hosiery and knitted goods; (11) wholesale clothing (i.e. men's and boys' factory-made clothing), hats, caps, ties and umbrellas; (12) handicraft tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, corsets, etc.; (13) furniture; (14) metallic bedsteads; (15) oatmeal; (16) margarine; (17) rosary beads; (18) woollens and (19) down quilts, on the 1st March, 1934.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Statistics as to Employment.
The information requested by the Deputy is not yet available as the collection of the voluntary returns of employment as at 1st March, 1934, in respect of the various protected industries is still proceeding.
Can the Minister give us any idea as to when he expects to have this information?
Every effort is being made to get the remaining firms to give the required information.
Does that mean that there is no information available for any one of these headings?
I am afraid that I cannot answer that question.