asked the Taoiseach if he will state the number of (a) fitters, (b) turners, (c) iron machinists, (d) brass finishers and (e) labourers, whether temporary or permanent, employed in the C.I.E. machine shop at Inchicore in the last week of April, 1952 and 1956.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - C.I.E. Machine Shop Employment.
Statistics of the staff employed by C.I.E. are available in respect of the week ended 29th March, 1952, and of the week ended 24th March, 1956, and not of the last week in April. No information is available as to the actual place of employment of the grades of staff in question, but I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the available information in respect of the specified grades of shop and artisan staff.
Following is the statement:—
Numbers of certain grades of shop and artisan staff employed by Córas Iompair Éireann in the weeks ended 29th March, 1952 and 24th March, 1956.
|
Grade of Staff |
1952‡ |
1956 |
|
Fitters and Turners* |
373 |
373 |
|
Machinists (Iron and Wood)† |
147 |
124 |
|
Brass Finishers |
35 |
22 |
|
Labourers |
808 |
752 |
*Particulars of fitters and turners are not separately available.
†Iron and wood machinists not distinguished separately.
‡Excluding certain staff on strike during the week in question.