asked the Taoiseach if he will state the amount of the national income in each of the years 1950 to 1954, inclusive, detailing, as far as possible, the approximate contribution from each industry, and giving particulars of the output and productivity of each such industry.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Income.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the estimated national income for each of the years 1950-1953, together with the income originating in each of the principal branches of economic activity. The corresponding figures for 1954 are not yet available. In the context of national income it is necessary to interpret the Deputy's request for information on the contribution of each industry as relating to broad economic sectors.
As regards the value of output the statement also gives the available information on the value of gross and net output of (a) all industries and services covered by the Census of Industrial Production, (b) such industries producing transportable goods, (c) agriculture (including turf produced by farmers). There is also shown the available index numbers of the volume of output for each of these sectors, distinguishing the volume of gross and of net output in the case of agriculture, and giving as well the index numbers of the volume of output per wage-earner engaged in industry. Productivity figures for agriculture cannot be produced in the absence of data on the number of man-days or man-weeks worked annually in that sector.
Following is the statement:—
TABLE 1.—National Income by Sector of Origin, 1950-53.
|
Sector |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
|
£million |
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|
Agricultural: |
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|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
104.4 |
114.3 |
126.2 |
134 |
|
Non-Agricultural: |
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|
Industry |
83.6 |
91.6 |
93.7 |
103 |
|
Distribution and transport |
57.6 |
60.2 |
59.2 |
61 |
|
Other domestic (including personal and business rent) |
59.7 |
63.8 |
67.2 |
70 |
|
Public administration and defence |
28.3 |
31.2 |
33.3 |
36 |
|
Provision for stock appreciation |
—13.0 |
—18.8 |
—1.8 |
+3 |
|
Rest of World: |
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|
Emigrants' remittances |
10.4 |
10.1 |
9.8 |
11 |
|
Other |
15.7 |
17.7 |
17.2 |
19 |
|
NATIONAL INCOME |
346.7 |
370.1 |
405.5 |
437 |
TABLE 2.—Value of Gross and Net Output of Industry and Agriculture
|
Year |
Concerns covered by the Census of Industrial Production |
Agriculture (including turf produced by farmers) |
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|
All Industries and Services |
Transportable Goods Industries |
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|
Gross Output |
Net Output |
Gross Output |
Net Output |
Gross Output |
Net Output |
|
|
£million |
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|
1950 |
282.0 |
94.1 |
233.3 |
67.4 |
135.1 |
114.0 |
|
1951 |
322.9 |
101.3 |
269.2 |
72.9 |
146.9 |
124.5 |
|
1952 |
352.2 |
105.9 |
293.2 |
76.2 |
159.8 |
137.8 |
|
1953 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
174.7 |
146.9 |
|
1954 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* Not yet available.
TABLE 3:—Volume of output and volume of output per wage-earner engaged in industries covered by the Census of Industrial Production and volume of gross output and of net output of Agriculture.
|
Year |
Concerns covered by the Census of Industrial Production |
Agriculture (including turf produced by farmers) |
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|
All Industries and Services |
Transportable Goods Industries |
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|
Volume of output |
Volume of output per wage-earner engaged |
Volume of output |
Volume of output per wage-earner engaged |
Volume of gross output |
Volume of net output |
|
|
1936=100 |
1938-39=100 |
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|
1950 |
174.3 |
123.0 |
169.2 |
129.8 |
100.2 |
100.7 |
|
1951 |
176.0 |
121.3 |
173.9 |
129.0 |
100.9 |
103.4 |
|
1952 |
175.8 |
123.8 |
169.8 |
129.9 |
102.4 |
107.5 |
|
1953 |
189.0† |
* |
187.0† |
140† |
105.9 |
107.1 |
|
1954 |
193.8† |
* |
191.0† |
139 |
* |
* |
*Not yet available.†Provisional.