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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 May 1961

Vol. 189 No. 4

Written Answers. - Health Services for Farmers.

42.

asked the Taoiseach if he will furnish for each county and county borough and for the State as a whole particulars as to the number of farmers (and dependants) entitled to services under Section 15 of the Health Act, 1953, in expansion (and in the form) of the Table on page 66 of The Health Services of Ireland (1959), published by the Institute of Public Administration.

The particulars concerning numbers of farmers classified by valuation given in the Table on page 66 of The Health Services of Ireland (1959) published by the Institute of Public Administration, to which the Deputy refers, appear to have been derived from the data relating to various occupations in each Province published in Tables 9A and 9B of the Report of the Census of Population of Ireland, 1951, Vol. III, Pt. 1. Corresponding data for each county and county borough are not available.

In Table 8 of the same Census of Population Report particulars have been published for each county and county borough of the numbers of males and females, gainfully occupied and not gainfully occupied and children under 14 years of age, in the social group "farmers, farmers' relatives and farm managers" classified by rateable valuation of agricultural holding. The following statement, which has been compiled from the published data, shows for each county and county borough the total number of persons involved and the number living in households whose normal residents were the rated occupiers of agricultural holdings of under £50 valuation.

CENSUS OF POPULATION, 1951.

Persons in the Social Group "Farmers, Farmers' Relatives and Farm Managers".

County, etc.

Total (a)

In Group under £50 rateable valuation† (b)

(b) as percentage of (a)

Carlow

9,006

5,935

66.5

Dublin County Borough

794

649

81.8

Dún Laoghaire Borough

77

57

74.0

Dublin

6,302

3,559

56.5

Kildare

11,616

7,181

61.8

Kilkenny

21,320

13,665

64.1

Laoighis

17,259

13,203

76.5

Longford

16,906

15,317

90.6

Louth

9,683

6,963

71.9

Meath

21,318

14,802

69.4

Offaly

18,343

14,841

80.9

Westmeath

16,690

12,387

74.2

Wexford

24,441

16,937

69.3

Wicklow

10,979

7,375

67.2

Leinster

184,734

132,921

72.0

Clare

42,818

39,416

92.1

Cork County Borough

132

108

81.8

Cork

85,963

67,986

79.1

Kerry

58,421

55,899

95.7

Limerick County Borough

291

218

74.9

Limerick

33,924

24,663

72.7

Tipperary N.R.

20,820

16,156

77.6

Tipperary S.R.

22,387

14,928

66.7

Waterford County Borough

75

62

82.7

Waterford

14,280

8,847

62.0

Munster

279,111

228,283

81.8

Galway

93,652

90,699

96.8

Leitrim

28,296

27,880

98.5

Mayo

96,610

95,671

99.0

Roscommon

45,256

43,100

95.2

Sligo

31,168

29,999

96.2

Connacht

294,982

287,349

97.4

Cavan

37,282

35,430

95.0

Donegal

62,953

60,323

95.8

Monaghan

27,509

25,011

90.9

Ulster (part of)

127,744

120,764

94.5

TOTAL

886,571

769,317

86.8

†Including no statement, nil, under 1 acre in area and institutions.

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