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 (1) 1st March, 1935, and (2) 1st September, 1935.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment in Various Industries.
As the reply contains a number of figures, I am circulating with the Official Report the information asked for by the Deputy.
Following is the information referred to:—
The full information is not available in the precise form covered by the question. The total number of persons employed on the 1st September, 1935, in the following industries, and the number of separate firms in respect of which these employment figures are quoted were as follows:—
|
Persons Employed |
Number of Firms |
|
|
Tobacco |
2,265 |
16 |
|
Boots and Shoes |
3,860 |
23 |
|
Soap and Candles |
784 |
16 |
|
Sugar Confectionery (including jam) |
5,398 |
57 |
|
Brushmaking |
404 |
23 |
|
Shirts and Collars |
2,050 |
42 |
|
Blankets, Blanketing and Rugs (other than floor rugs) |
539 |
24 |
|
Hosiery and Knitted Goods |
4,114 |
70 |
|
Wholesale Clothing (i.e., men's and boys' factory made clothing), Hats, Caps, Ties and Umbrellas |
4,819 |
82 |
|
Furniture |
1,840 |
164 |
|
Oatmeal |
543 |
49 |
|
Margarine |
191 |
3 |
|
Woollen and Worsteds |
2,099 |
30 |
|
Down-quilts and Quilt Covers |
86 |
4 |
|
Coach and Motor-body Building |
909 |
59 |
|
Glass Bottles |
1 |
|
|
Metallic Bedsteads |
431 |
2 |
|
Rosary-beads |
2 |
Separate particulars of employment in the glass bottle, metallic bedstead and rosary-bead industries could not be given without disclosing information concerning the businesses of individual firms; information in regard to item 12 of the question is not available.
In regard to his request for information concerning the numbers of workers and firms as at 1st March, 1935, in respect of the industries mentioned in his question (except items 5 and 12), I would refer the Deputy to my answer given in reply to a similar question asked by him on the 25th July, 1935. The number of persons employed on the 1st March, 1935, in the coach and motor-body building industry was 708, and the number of firms employing these workers was 49.