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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Feb 1960

Vol. 179 No. 1

Written Answers. - Industrial Production.

149.

asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of each county for each year since 1948 in reference to industrial production (1) the number of establishments, (2) the gross output, (3) the net output, and (4) the number of persons engaged in industries producing transportable goods, excluding turf production and the manufacture of railroad equipment.

The following statements set out for each County and County Borough for each of the years 1949-57 inclusive, the particulars requested by the Deputy in respect of the establishments included in the Census of Industrial Production engaged in industries producing transportable goods, excluding turf production and the manufacture of railroad equipment. Particulars for the years 1958 and 1959 are not yet available.

(1) Number of Establishments

Location

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

County Carlow

38

38

38

38

38

43

40

42

37

Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough

1,242

1,275

1,337

1,324

1,334

1,293

1,302

1,275

1,23

County Dublin

88

94

82

86

96

81

77

83

82

,, Kildare

46

45

48

48

47

50

49

48

46

,, Kilkenny

77

78

77

71

70

69

72

75

78

,, Laoighis

38

36

36

35

34

34

35

37

36

,, Longford

19

18

24

23

20

19

19

21

20

,, Louth

105

97

100

99

99

100

98

96

91

,, Meath

41

36

43

48

44

45

47

47

48

,, Offaly

44

50

45

44

41

41

43

42

40

,, Westmeath

23

23

22

24

20

19

22

22

20

,, Wexford

84

79

82

82

81

84

83

81

75

,, Wicklow

51

41

53

54

57

60

62

63

59

,, Clare

39

42

37

37

36

38

42

41

38

Cork County Borough

257

237

242

251

250

247

230

229

213

County Cork

246

229

224

233

229

230

239

239

227

,, Kerry

82

76

74

69

68

68

71

75

70

Limerick County Borough

83

80

80

83

79

77

78

79

78

County Limerick

63

65

69

69

70

68

68

68

65

,, Tipperary

148

138

142

138

137

139

142

146

141

Waterford County Borough

51

51

58

63

66

62

61

54

54

County Waterford

55

50

44

44

45

45

43

42

41

,, Galway

83

84

90

84

85

85

89

104

97

,, Leitrim

22

23

22

21

22

23

21

22

23

,, Mayo

78

72

77

81

77

75

81

82

78

,, Roscommon

31

24

23

19

21

21

20

19

17

,, Sligo

41

39

43

45

41

42

46

47

44

,, Cavan

54

52

53

57

51

52

51

54

52

,, Donegal

93

104

99

100

99

93

102

110

103

,, Monaghan

54

49

52

62

53

52

54

55

43

Total

3,376

3,325

3,416

3,432

3,410

3,355

3,387

3,398

3,242

(2) Gross Output

Location

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

£000

County Carlow

2,236

3,057

2,725

5,366

5,503

5,095

7,027

3,970

6,695

Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough

88,978

100,684

114,430

122,167

133,337

133,119

138,781

134,662

134,215

County Dublin

3,974

7,290

12,798

14,361

13,271

11,316

10,880

11,430

12,372

,, Kildare

2,476

3,047

3,637

4,014

5,629

6,378

5,245

5,695

6,829

,, Kilkenny

3,273

4,088

5,266

6,735

6,618

6,571

7,493

7,205

7,974

,, Laoighis

1,531

1,813

2,070

2,732

2,957

3,037

2,980

3,021

3,120

,, Longford

129

160

194

197

208

222

245

291

287

,, Louth

11,504

12,627

14,128

14,978

16,928

10,558

17,924

20,516

21,827

,, Meath

1,050

1,309

1,517

1,320

1,745

1,788

1,838

2,045

2,228

,, Offaly

3,204

3,947

4,785

4,237

5,119

5,611

5,664

5,625

6,704

,, Westmeath

862

1,214

1,426

1,156

1,454

1,409

1,613

1,717

1,761

,, Wexford

2,373

2,786

3,236

3,374

4,170

4,928

5,119

4,961

5,138

,, Wicklow

1,154

1,162

1,309

1,942

2,112

2,283

2,394

2,786

2,830

,, Clare

1,296

1,700

1,729

1,989

2,298

2,453

2,559

2,678

2,692

Cork County Borough

18,656

21,742

25,203

23,573

26,020

29,126

26,726

26,688

26,402

County Cork

12,027

14,014

14,696

16,816

19,599

21,089

24,389

22,043

24,737

,, Kerry

5,147

6,346

6,835

7,910

10,448

8,942

8,394

8,602

8,149

Limerick County Borough

7,059

7,891

8,321

10,924

11,690

11,809

12,068

11,662

12,027

County Limerick

5,249

5,094

5,849

6,589

8,112

6,365

6,550

6,684

6,534

,, Tipperary

7,145

8,427

9,587

11,894

13,763

14,363

15,532

14,789

17,034

Waterford County Borough

3,167

3,582

4,156

5,815

6,046

6,401

5,322

5,428

5,486

County Waterford

2,354

3,373

3,584

3,519

5,051

3,734

3,014

3,162

3,406

,, Galway

2,732

4,318

6,156

3,754

3,637

3,093

4,433

3,879

3,982

,, Leitrim

457

447

441

495

674

820

546

582

701

County Mayo

2,598

2,889

3,277

3,979

4,746

4,834

4,342

4,647

5,371

,, Roscommon

458

572

572

520

614

636

866

856

902

,, Sligo

1,480

1,724

1,808

2,126

2,334

2,756

2,601

2,520

3,036

,, Cavan

1,936

2,430

2,838

2,873

3,133

3,495

3,450

3,641

3,540

,, Donegal

2,768

3,460

3,707

3,762

4,933

4,770

4,962

5,038

5,274

,, Monaghan

1,491

1,650

1,934

2,649

2,521

2,734

2,711

2,695

2,771

TOTAL

198,764

232,843

268,214

291,772

324,670

325,731

335,668

329,518*

344,033*

*Revised.

(3) Net Output

Location

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

£000

County Carlow

617

810

728

968

1,267

1,316

1,860

902

1,290

Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough

31,543

33,896

36,071

37,516

41,328

42,661

44,234

45,802

44,819

County Dublin

1,488

2,164

3,959

3,459

4,118

3,500

4,268

4,547

4,911

,, Kildare

1,049

1,126

1,296

1,219

1,506

1,833

1,604

1,880

2,040

Kilkenny

826

1,115

1,411

1,505

1,482

1,572

1,944

1,851

1,877

,, Laoighis

409

477

490

501

643

593

626

710

728

,, Longford

65

68

92

93

102

111

93

133

129

,, Louth

2,793

3,165

3,331

3,463

4,424

4,493

4,634

4,973

5,151

,, Meath

441

491

556

527

740

802

769

852

894

,, Offaly

1,003

944

876

825

1,511

1,313

1,341

1,387

1,402

,, Westmeath

427

571

596

424

484

448

555

600

559

,, Wexford

900

1,058

1,095

1,048

1,251

1,411

1,522

1,461

1,488

,, Wicklow

531

517

566

728

689

853

908

1,136

1,086

,, Clare

261

397

368

371

450

531

620

605

564

Cork County Borough

5,425

6,263

6,247

5,747

6,368

188

6,928

7,720

7,103

County Cork

2,531

2,996

3,161

3,608

4,520

4,790

5,491

4,512

5,225

,, Kerry

626

769

689

881

1,383

1,103

1,125

1,058

1,172

Limerick County Borough

1,620

1,578

1,476

1,702

1,860

2,035

2,028

2,173

2,162

County Limerick

585

518

772

1,081

1,139

646

903

892

910

,, Tipperary

1,656

1,957

2,123

2,449

3,004

3,137

3,374

3,223

3,148

Waterford County Borough

1,016

1,105

1,295

1,491

1,860

1,848

1,702

1,863

1,820

County Waterford

382

604

628

666

920

774

551

557

720

,, Galway

920

933

746

911

1,164

931

1,301

1,159

1,142

,, Leitrim

73

75

69

98

100

113

113

112

145

,, Mayo

459

608

607

734

734

785

905

1,014

1,156

,, Roscommon

226

276

252

253

277

248

259

306

302

,, Sligo

266

370

464

510

410

544

700

614

617

,, Cavan

488

640

712

609

718

838

846

894

758

,, Donegal

783

1,048

950

966

1,159

1,328

1,400

1,491

1,593

,, Monaghan

342

397

476

625

575

642

720

737

742

TOTAL

59,752

66,937

72,102

74,977

86,186

88,389

93,324

95,164*

95,653*

*Revised

(4) Average number of persons engaged

Location

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

Number

County Carlow

1,234

1,469

1,516

1,577

1,784

1,792

1,679

1,527

1,563

Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough

61,664

65,522

65,771

63,950

65,788

66,281

67,234

65,453

63,647

County Dublin

3,618

4,480

5,900

5,057

5,959

5,655

5,918

6,245

6,150

,, Kildare

2,327

2,582

2,777

2,502

2,599

2,735

2,694

2,787

2,761

,, Kilkenny

1,866

2,198

2,357

2,199

2,548

2,587

2,937

2,944

2,844

,, Laoighis

1,022

1,084

1,065

1,118

1,155

1,217

1,250

1,213

1,263

,, Longford

184

193

235

219

217

255

272

298

287

,, Louth

6,417

6,704

7,215

6,596

7,474

7,692

7,504

7,442

7,134

,, Meath

1,243

1,364

1,500

1,389

1,450

1,578

1,664

1,709

1,669

,, Offaly

2,180

2,349

2,299

2,015

2,434

2,509

2,558

2,454

2,459

,, Westmeath

1,019

1,087

1,122

1,034

1,002

1,031

1,133

1,146

1,194

,, Wexford

2,382

2,503

2,563

2,377

2,474

2,636

2,623

2,589

2,476

,, Wicklow

1,687

1,646

1,618

1,946

1,807

1,936

2,019

2,247

2,212

,, Clare

826

1,032

964

944

1,026

1,124

1,186

1,165

1,058

Cork County Borough

11,642

12,105

12,176

10,927

10,929

11,841

11,151

12,182

10,533

County Cork

6,348

6,606

6,515

7,321

7,996

7,860

8,836

7,236

8,093

,, Kerry

1,653

1,722

1,621

1,701

1,824

1,776

1,816

1,762

1,724

Limerick County Borough

3,397

3,557

3,117

3,317

3,469

3,717

3,889

3,821

3,618

County Limerick

1,195

1,236

1,447

1,471

1,472

1,204

1,258

1,162

1,110

,, Tipperary

3,648

3,762

4,195

4,379

4,309

4,804

5,031

4,996

4,811

Waterford County Borough

2,228

2,387

2,593

2,861

2,841

3,091

2,870

2,865

2,757

County Waterford

1,045

1,068

1,033

1,066

1,170

1,069

906

949

998

,, Galway

1,882

2,007

2,073

1,955

1,975

1,895

2,108

2,151

2,096

,, Leitrim

246

247

241

243

266

269

304

295

293

,, Mayo

1,671

1,696

1,818

1,859

2,134

2,077

2,201

2,228

2,175

,, Roscommon

619

596

624

497

526

518

521

552

611

,, Sligo

801

841

926

849

870

954

1,082

1,025

1,094

,, Cavan

1,248

1,274

1,358

1,272

1,519

1,470

1,419

1,368

1,163

,, Donegal

2,763

2,988

2,890

2,683

3,076

3,050

3,055

3,173

3,056

,, Monaghan

1,067

1,132

1,176

1,371

1,359

1,362

1,290

1,394

1,260

Total

129,122

137,437

140,705

136,695

143,452

145,985

148,408

146,378

142,104

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