asked the Taoiseach the system whereby temporary staff are being recruited for the work in connection with the census to be taken on 9th April next; and whether unemployed married men will be given preference.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Census Temporary Staff.
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Mr. Ryan
Two main groups of temporary staff will be recruited in connection with the Census of Population, 1961. The first group, consisting of female clerical and card punching staff, will be selected by an interview board from applicants recruited through the employment exchanges. The second group, consisting of male temporary civilian enumerators, will be engaged for the duration of the enumeration only, to supplement the services of the Garda Síochána in various areas. If it is not possible to recruit, locally, men already familiar with the duties of a census enumerator, the type of candidate sought will be one who resides in or near the area to be enumerated and who has an adequate standard of education.
Four temporary messenger packers and four temporary male and female cleaners are also required in connection with the census. They have already been selected from candidates sent forward by the employment exchanges and, so far as males were concerned, preference was given to married men. It is expected that there will be little opportunity for the exercise of such a preference in the selection of the male temporary civilian enumerators.