asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state, in respect of each county council for the year 1952-53, the number of persons who received (a) employment allowances, (b) supplementary allowances and (c) supplementary allowances but no employment allowances under the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1946.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Allowances under Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1946.
The information requested at the second and third parts of this question is not available in my Department.
As the reply to the first part of the question is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
The statement is as follows:—
AGRICULTURAL GRANT, 1952/53.
Number of persons who received employment allowances.
|
County Council |
Number of Persons |
|
Carlow |
1,404 |
|
Cavan |
1,544 |
|
Clare |
2,292 |
|
Cork |
8,216 |
|
Donegal |
1,424 |
|
Dublin |
1,113 |
|
Galway |
2,023 |
|
Kerry |
1,972 |
|
Kildare |
1,786 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,767 |
|
Laoighis |
2,086 |
|
Leitrim |
407 |
|
Limerick |
4,267 |
|
Longford |
1,237 |
|
Louth |
1,051 |
|
Mayo |
1,058 |
|
Meath |
2,884 |
|
Monaghan |
1,275 |
|
Offaly |
1,978 |
|
Roscommon |
1,553 |
|
Sligo |
952 |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
2,120 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
3,126 |
|
Waterford |
1,768 |
|
Westmeath |
2,108 |
|
Wexford |
3,028 |
|
Wicklow |
2,192 |
|
TOTAL |
57,631 |
NOTE: For the purposes of this table the number of persons receiving employment allowances is assumed to be the same as the number of claims for the allowances received and admitted by each county council.