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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 23 Apr 1959

Vol. 174 No. 7

Written Answers. - Employment Allowances.

18.

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give details in respect of each county of the employment allowance payable under the agricultural grant in 1958/59 and the total allowances, indicating the number of employees and relatives of farmers in respect of whom the allowances were paid and the total allowances in each case.

Following is the statement:—

County

Employment allowance under Agricultural Grant 1958-59

Number of persons in respect of whom employment allowances were granted

Relatives of Occupier

Employees

Total

£

Carlow

30,355

917

1,088

2,005

Cavan

26,617

1,330

511

1,841

Clare

35,614

1,682

789

2,471

Cork

178,405

5,405

5,595

11,000

Donegal

32,436

1,089

1,009

2,098

Dublin

42,018

584

1,963

2,547

Galway

45,718

2,122

650

2,772

Kerry

28,594

1,541

443

1,984

Kildare

53,648

964

2,341

3,305

Kilkenny

68,128

2,156

1,921

4,077

Laoighis

42,462

1,490

1,087

2,577

Leitrim

7,421

335

192

527

Limerick

77,222

2,624

2,426

5,050

Longford

16,586

762

352

1,114

Louth

31,919

829

1,196

2,025

Mayo

16,206

859

265

1,124

Meath

72,201

1,813

2,845

4,658

Monaghan

24,243

1,140

528

1,668

Offaly

36,777

1,397

947

2,344

Roscommon

24,041

1,323

473

1,796

Sligo

14,984

725

379

1,104

Tipperary (N.R.)

44,932

1,535

1,311

2,846

Tipperary (S.R.)

63,478

2,042

2,124

4,166

Waterford

48,640

1,313

1,774

3,087

Westmeath

33,258

1,142

993

2,135

Wexford

80,666

2,152

2,990

5,142

Wicklow

48,419

865

1,968

2,833

1,224,988

40,136

38,160

78,296

NOTE.—It is not possible to segregate the employment a lowance between (a) employees and (b) employed members of families.

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