asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of agricultural social insurance stamps sold in each of the past three years.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Social Insurance Stamps.
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The numbers of social insurance stamps sold in respect of male agricultural workers in the calendar years 1960, 1961 and 1962 are:— 1960, 2,926, 566; 1961, 2,705,871; and 1962, 2,531,980.
Corresponding figures for female agricultural workers are not available for the reason that the contribution rate applicable to them applies also to certain other classes of insured persons, and it is not possible to segregate the agricultural from the other employments.