asked the Taoiseach the number of people earning per week less than (a) £5, (b) £8, (c) £10, (d) £12, (e) £14 (f) £16.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Weekly Earnings.
1.
Comprehensive information relating to the numbers of people in the State, classified by weekly rates of earnings is not available. The only official data available, incorporating a classification by amount of earnings, relate to (a) the numbers of male and female industrial workers employed in October in establishments covered by the Census of Industrial Production and (b) the numbers of non-industrial civil servants on 1st January. With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving this information for the latest available periods.
Following is the statement:
TABLE A: Numbers of male and female industrial workers engaged in establishments* covered by the Census of Industrial Production, classified by weekly rates of earnings in October, 1964.
|
Weekly earnings |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Number |
|||
|
Less than £5 |
11,573 |
17,450 |
29,023 |
|
,, ,, £8 (incl. those entered above) |
29,003 |
44,672 |
73,675 |
|
,, ,, £10 ,, |
52,741 |
52,275 |
105,016 |
|
,, ,, £12 ,, |
82,955 |
54,405 |
137,360 |
|
,, ,, £14 ,, |
110,678 |
54,941 |
165,619 |
|
,, ,, £16† ,, |
131,073 |
55,101 |
186,174 |
*Excluding certain small establishments for which details of weekly rates of earnings are not collected.
†There were in addition 29,830 males and 76 females, a total of 29,906 persons, with rates of weekly earnings of £16 or more.
TABLE B: Number of non-industrial Civil Servants in certain pay ranges (excluding allowances) at 1 January, 1966.
|
Yearly Earnings |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
|
Number |
||||
|
£250 per annum or less |
755 |
236 |
991 |
|
|
£400 ,, ,,,, ,, |
(including those entered above) |
2,797 |
2,881 |
5,678 |
|
£500,,,,,,,, |
,, ,, |
4,630 |
5,480 |
10,110 |
|
£600,,,,,,,, |
,, ,, |
6,503 |
6,722 |
18,225 |
|
£700,,,,,,,, |
,, ,, |
9,663 |
7,492 |
17,155 |
|
£800† ,,,, ,,,, |
,, ,, |
12,739 |
8,624 |
21,363 |
†There were in addition 9,878 males and 1,368 females, a total of 11,246 persons, with rates of pay above £800 per annum.