asked the Taoiseach the estimated number of employees in the country.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Numbers in Employment.
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The last occasion on which the basic information needed to make the estimate required by the Deputy was collected was at the Census of Population, 1951. Estimates of the number of employees have been made for each year from 1951 to 1958 but in view of the lapse of time since 1951 these estimates have been getting progressively less reliable. It has, therefore, been decided not to prepare further estimates until the results of the Census of Population, which will be taken later this year, are available.
The most recent estimate available of the total number of employees in the State relates to April, 1958 at which time the figure was estimated at 728,000, including the unemployed and employees temporarily in hospital.