asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give particulars of the operation of the employment allowance under the agricultural grant for each county, stating the number of farm employees in respect of whom allowances were granted in (a) the first year of operation of the amending act of 1962 and (b) the previous year; and if he will give particulars in respect of farmers' relatives.
Written Answers. - Employment Allowances.
143.
Following is the information:
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Counties |
Number of persons in respect of whom employment allowances were granted under the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Acts. |
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|
(a) 1962/63* |
(b) 1961/62 |
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|
Employees |
Relatives |
Employees |
Relatives |
|
|
Carlow |
849 |
818 |
894 |
814 |
|
Cavan |
427 |
1,127 |
448 |
1,125 |
|
Clare |
533 |
1,484 |
600 |
1,511 |
|
Cork |
4,520 |
5,018 |
4,821 |
5,007 |
|
Donegal |
776 |
1,090 |
766 |
918 |
|
Dublin |
1,685 |
484 |
1,753 |
486 |
|
Galway |
515 |
1,983 |
540 |
1,964 |
|
Kerry |
458 |
1,497 |
470 |
1,483 |
|
Kildare |
1,962 |
899 |
2,145 |
835 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,567 |
2,092 |
1,730 |
2,067 |
|
Laoighis |
1,085 |
1,247 |
1,117 |
1,229 |
|
Leitrim |
104 |
308 |
139 |
306 |
|
Limerick |
2,024 |
2,515 |
2,158 |
2,506 |
|
Longford |
235 |
675 |
290 |
721 |
|
Louth |
933 |
740 |
1,052 |
805 |
|
Mayo |
275 |
790 |
267 |
776 |
|
Meath |
2,364 |
1,587 |
2,569 |
1,674 |
|
Monaghan |
396 |
1,098 |
403 |
1,044 |
|
Offaly |
847 |
1,235 |
796 |
1,227 |
|
Roscommon |
225 |
1,081 |
265 |
1,087 |
|
Sligo |
216 |
673 |
225 |
656 |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
1,049 |
1,502 |
1,146 |
1,475 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
1,619 |
1,792 |
1,719 |
1,800 |
|
Waterford |
1,167 |
1,152 |
1,306 |
1,143 |
|
Westmeath |
753 |
1,026 |
816 |
1,035 |
|
Wexford |
2,428 |
2,271 |
2,376 |
2,074 |
|
Wicklow |
1,059 |
724 |
1,118 |
767 |
|
Total |
30,071 |
36,908 |
31,929 |
36,535 |
*Note:— The year 1962/63 was the first year to which the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief Act, 1962 applied.