asked the Taoiseach the number of registered boat-building yards in Ireland for each of the years 1965 to 1967, inclusive; the number of employees in these yards; and their production in numbers and categories of craft in each of these years (a) for the home market and (b) for export.
Written Answers. - Boat-Building Yards.
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The number of ship building yards registered in the Offices of the Revenue Commissioners under Section 37 of the Finance Act, 1932, in the State at the end of each of the years 1965, 1966 and 1967 was 31, 34 and 37 respectively. Particulars of the numbers of employees and the numbers of boats built are not collected by the Revenue Commissioners for registered ship building yards.
The following particulars of employment and production in establishments engaged in ship and boat building and repairing and particulars of exports of ships and boats are derived from the records in the Central Statistics Office for each of the years 1965 to 1967 in so far as data are available:—
A. Numbers of persons engaged and numbers of ships and boats built.
|
Description |
1965 |
1966 |
1967 |
|
Average numbers of persons engaged |
1,200 |
1,300 |
1,200 |
|
Ships and boats built: |
|||
|
Motor vessels, 2,000 tons gross and over |
1 |
1 |
* |
|
Motor vessels, under 2,000 tons gross |
5 |
5 |
* |
|
Sailing vessels, under 100 tons gross |
— |
1 |
|
|
Fishing vessels |
31 |
37 |
|
|
Other boats |
59 |
73 |
* Not yet available.
B. Numbers of newly built ships and boats exported.
|
Period |
Number |
Value |
|
£000 |
||
|
Year 1965 |
43(a) |
1,671(a) |
|
Year 1966 |
26(b) |
1,640(b) |
|
January-November 1967* |
29 |
581 |
(a) Includes 1 ship, value £1,500,000.
(b) Includes 1 ship, value £1,600,000.
* Latest at present available.