asked the Taoiseach if he will state the latest available information regarding permanent male agricultural workers, agricultural tractors and agricultural holdings in the form of a reply of 5th March, 1959, stating also details of the number of holdings of over 100 acres in area.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Employment Statistics.
63.
The following statement sets out the particulars requested by the Deputy. 1958 is the latest year in respect of which separate estimates are available for each county of the numbers of permanent male agricultural labourers and the numbers of agricultural tractors. Preliminary estimates of the corresponding numbers in the State as a whole are, however, available for 1959. The particulars regarding numbers of holdings over 15 acres and over 30 acres in 1955, given in the reply of 5 March, 1959, are the latest available. Corresponding figures of the number of holdings over 100 acres are included in the statement.
ESTIMATED number of permanent male agricultural labourers and numbers of agricultural tractors in June, 1958, and numbers of agricultural holdings over 100 acres in June, 1955, in each county and province.
|
County |
1958 |
1955 |
|
|
Permanent male agricultural labourers 14 years and over |
Agricultural tractors |
Agricultural holdings |
|
|
Over 100 acres |
|||
|
Number |
|||
|
Carlow |
1,500 |
1,400 |
543 |
|
Dublin |
3,500 |
1,300 |
491 |
|
Kildare |
2,900 |
1,900 |
1,125 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,600 |
2,100 |
1,449 |
|
Laoighis |
1,700 |
1,600 |
974 |
|
Longford |
500 |
400 |
321 |
|
Louth |
1,400 |
1,200 |
395 |
|
Meath |
3,800 |
1,900 |
1,412 |
|
Offaly |
1,300 |
1,500 |
974 |
|
Westmeath |
1,400 |
700 |
910 |
|
Wexford |
4,000 |
3,400 |
1,627 |
|
Wicklow |
1,800 |
1,100 |
1,005 |
|
Leinster |
26,300 |
18,700 |
11,226 |
|
Clare |
1,000 |
400 |
1,347 |
|
Cork |
7,100 |
5,300 |
4,660 |
|
Kerry |
1,600 |
1,200 |
1,740 |
|
Limerick |
3,900 |
1,000 |
1,478 |
|
Tipperary |
4,500 |
2,500 |
2,510 |
|
Waterford |
1,900 |
1,100 |
1,265 |
|
Munster |
20,000 |
11,400 |
13,000 |
|
Galway |
1,300 |
1,200 |
1,211 |
|
Leitrim |
300 |
300 |
177 |
|
Mayo |
800 |
700 |
594 |
|
Roscommon |
600 |
600 |
476 |
|
Sligo |
500 |
400 |
338 |
|
Connacht |
3,400 |
3,200 |
2,796 |
|
Cavan |
900 |
900 |
320 |
|
Donegal |
1,400 |
1,800 |
1,511 |
|
Monaghan |
700 |
1,300 |
229 |
|
Ulster (Part of) |
2,900 |
3,900 |
2,060 |
|
Ireland |
52,600 |
37,200 |
29,082 |
|
Ireland 1959 |
50,900* |
39,300* |
† |
*Provisional and subject to revision.
†Not available.
64.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state the estimated number of male agricultural farm workers employed in each of the three wages areas as defined by the Agricultural Wages Board, and the total number of such workers in the State.
The estimated numbers of Male Agricultural Farm Workers employed in each of the three wages areas as defined by the Agricultural Wages Board and the total number of such workers in the State in June, 1958, are set out in the following statement. Provisional estimates for the State totals for June, 1959, are also included.
|
Area |
MALES |
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|
14 to 18 years |
18 years and over |
Total |
Total Grand |
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|
Permanent |
Temporary |
Permanent |
Temporary |
Permanent |
Temporary |
||
|
Group A Areas |
100 |
300 |
3,400 |
1,300 |
3,500 |
1,600 |
5,200 |
|
Group B Areas |
600 |
400 |
10,900 |
6,200 |
11,400 |
6,600 |
18,000 |
|
Group C Areas |
2,500 |
2,000 |
35,100 |
29,900 |
37,600 |
31,800 |
69,500 |
|
State, 1958 |
3,200 |
2,700 |
49,400 |
37,400 |
52,600 |
40,100 |
92,700 |
|
State 1959* |
3,000 |
2,700 |
48,000 |
36,500 |
50,900 |
39,100 |
90,100 |
*Provisional and subject to revision.
65.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state the estimated cost to agricultural employers in the group C areas, as defined by the Agricultural Wages Board, of increasing the minimum agricultural wages payable to adult workers to £7 2s. per week, which is the minimum wage now paid to farm workers in County Fermanagh; and if he will state the estimated cost to agricultural employers of paying a minimum wage of £7 2s. to adult farm workers, having regard to the estimated number of such workers now employed in the group C areas.
The cost of increasing the minimum weekly rate of agricultural workers 20 years of age and over in the Group C Area as defined in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1959, to £7 2s. is estimated at £3,454,000 on the basis of the number of permanent male agricultural workers in this area in June, 1958. The estimated total cost of paying a weekly rate of £7 2s. to these workers is £11,964,000 per annum.