asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state, in respect of each county, for each of the years ended 31st March, 1942 to 1946, the number of agricultural labourers regarded as permanently employed for the purpose of eligibility for the employment allowance under the agricultural grant for the relief of rates on agricultural land; and the total for each year.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Grant—Employment Allowance.
The information is set out in the following table:—
TABLE showing, in respect of each county, the number of adult workmen (including male relatives of rated occupiers of agricultural land) regarded as employed for the purpose of eligibility for the employment allowance under the agricultural grant, for each of the years ended 31st March, 1942 to 1946.
|
County Council |
1941/42 |
1942/43 |
1943/44 |
1944/45 |
1945/46 |
|
Carlow |
2,534 |
2,597 |
2,639 |
2,782 |
2,669 |
|
Cavan |
2,133 |
2,140 |
2,208 |
2,124 |
2,277 |
|
Clare |
2,776 |
2,777 |
2,816 |
2,795 |
2,813 |
|
Cork |
18,267 |
19,791 |
19,317 |
19,449 |
19,753 |
|
Donegal |
2,234 |
2,225 |
2,204 |
2,130 |
1,981 |
|
Dublin |
3,332 |
3,358 |
3,487 |
3,606 |
3,722 |
|
Galway |
2,834 |
2,830 |
2,904 |
2,929 |
2,973 |
|
Kerry |
3,471 |
3,532 |
3,670 |
3,594 |
3,707 |
|
Kildare |
3,954 |
3,980 |
4,262 |
4,305 |
4,417 |
|
Kilkenny |
5,600 |
5,677 |
5,714 |
5,854 |
5,795 |
|
Laoighis |
3,603 |
3,664 |
3,717 |
3,687 |
3,706 |
|
Leitrim |
925 |
929 |
930 |
896 |
816 |
|
Limerick |
8,151 |
8,263 |
8,384 |
8,148 |
8,088 |
|
Longford |
1,422 |
1,480 |
1,478 |
1,539 |
1,576 |
|
Louth |
2,527 |
2,631 |
2,600 |
2,633 |
2,638 |
|
Mayo |
1,121 |
1,834 |
1,858 |
1,863 |
1,904 |
|
Meath |
6,107 |
6,436 |
6,581 |
6,909 |
7,016 |
|
Monaghan |
1,718 |
1,659 |
1,642 |
1,630 |
1,667 |
|
Offaly |
3,342 |
3,553 |
3,292 |
3,204 |
3,387 |
|
Roscommon |
2,706 |
2,803 |
2,782 |
2,683 |
2,723 |
|
Sligo |
1,663 |
1,592 |
1,488 |
1,516 |
1,550 |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
5,569 |
5,647 |
4,841 |
4,612 |
4,228 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
5,123 |
5,123 |
5,248 |
5,315 |
5,380 |
|
Waterford |
3,875 |
4,008 |
4,116 |
4,027 |
4,032 |
|
Westmeath |
2,607 |
3,456 |
3,446 |
3,839 |
3,750 |
|
Wexford |
6,236 |
6,390 |
6,464 |
6,497 |
6,550 |
|
Wicklow |
2,972 |
2,946 |
2,942 |
2,922 |
3,254 |
|
TOTALS |
106,612 |
111,321 |
111,030 |
111,488 |
112,372 |