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 September, 1936, and the 1st September, 1937.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Employment Figures.
As the answer to the Deputy's question contains a number of figures it will be circulated with the Official Report.
Following are the figures:—
The full information is not available in the precise form covered by the question. The total numbers of persons employed on the Ist September, 1936 and on the 1st September, 1937, in the following industries, and the number of firms employing them, were as follows:—
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Employment and Number of Firms |
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Industry |
1st September, 1936 |
1st September, 1937 |
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Persons Employed |
Number of Firms |
Persons Employed |
Number of Firms |
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1. Tobacco |
2,366 |
15 |
2,339 |
15 |
|
2. Boots and Shoes (including rubber footwear). |
5,888 |
31 |
5,870 |
33 |
|
4. Soap and Candles |
804 |
19 |
790 |
20 |
|
5. Coach and Motor Body Building |
975 |
62 |
1,066 |
71 |
|
6. Sugar Confectionery (including Jam) |
5,425 |
68 |
5,524 |
69 |
|
7. Brushmaking |
449 |
26 |
425 |
26 |
|
8. Shirts and Collars |
2,049 |
41 |
1,978 |
40 |
|
9. Blankets, Blanketing and Rugs (other than floor rugs.) |
498 |
23 |
537 |
24 |
|
10. Hosiery and Knitted Goods |
4,532 |
88 |
4,881 |
92 |
|
11. Wholesale Clothing (i.e. Men's and Boys' factory made clothing) Hats, Caps, Ties and Umbrellas. |
4,632 |
78 |
4,573 |
84 |
|
12. Corsets |
328 |
3 |
355 |
3 |
|
13. Furniture |
2,004 |
168 |
1,956 |
179 |
|
15. Oatmeal |
516 |
50 |
499 |
49 |
|
16. Margarine |
198 |
3 |
196 |
3 |
|
18. Woollens and Worsteds |
2,370 |
30 |
2,331 |
30 |
|
19. Down Quilts and Quilt Covers |
91 |
5 |
92 |
5 |
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3. Glass Bottles |
404 |
1 |
1 |
|
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14. Metallic Bedsteads |
2 |
359 |
1 |
|
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17. Rosary Beads |
2 |
2 |
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12. Ladies' Hats |
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2 |
Separate particulars of employment in the glass bottle, metallic bedstead, rosary bead, and ladies' hats industries could not be given without disclosing information concerning the business of individual firms.