asked the Minister for Transport and Power the number of shore staff employed by Irish Shipping Limited; the number of shore staff employed by other Irish ship-owning companies; and the number of regular dock workers in all Irish ports in each of the years 1961 to 1965.
Written Answers. - Shore Staff Employed by Shipping Companies.
145.
The number of shore staff employed by Irish Shipping Ltd., and by the B & I Company in each of the years 1961 to 1965 is as follows:
|
Year |
Irish Shipping Ltd. |
B & I Co. |
|
|
(a) |
(b) |
||
|
Dockers |
Others |
||
|
1961 |
88 |
517 |
803 |
|
1962 |
96 |
476 |
818 |
|
1963 |
99 |
424 |
829 |
|
1964 |
108 |
404 |
835 |
|
1965 |
135 |
449 |
817 |
No information is available in my Department as to the number of shore staff employed by other Irish shipping companies. I have no other information about numbers of regular dock workers. The 1961 Census of Population shows that in that year there were 4,179 persons whose occupation was returned as dock labourer.