Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 31 Oct 1968

Vol. 236 No. 11

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Council Employment.

41.

Mr. L'Estrange

asked the Minister for Local Government the total number employed by each county council in Ireland for each of the years 1948 to 1967, inclusive.

Mr. Boland

The information, which has been extracted from annual returns furnished by local authorities to my Department, has been set out in the form of a tabular statement, which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

NUMBERS EMPLOYED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

	1947- 1948	1948- 1949	1949- 1950	1950- 1951	1951- 1952	1952- 1953	1953- 1954	1954- 1955	1955- 1956	1957- 1958	1958- 1959	1959- 1960	1960- 1961	1961- 1962	1962- 1963	1963- 1964	1964- 1965	1965- 1966	1966- 1967
Carlow	428	530	584	671	650	501	539	523	507	448	448	456	465	545	521	437	430	399	435
Cavan	1,190	1,133	1,110	1,323	1,359	2,201	1,459	1,459	1,223	970	906	933	955	1,101	926	859	860	1,063	862
Clare	2,590	2,447	2,829	2,460	2,072	2,174	2,338	2,139	1,609	1,432	1,461	1,392	1,292	1,447	1,603	1,496	1,249	1,295	1,288
Cork	4,105	4,528	4,628	4,865	4,203	3,773	3,888	3,894	3,621	3,462	3,321	3,176	3,612	2,641	2,636	2,448	2,411	2,414	2,375
						200
Donegal	3,485	3,089	3,013	3,892	3,960	1,472	2,277	2,298	1,822	1,603	1,984	1,882	1,884	1,830	1,687	1,752	1,859	1,822	1,755
Dublin	844	850	850	1,146	1,206	1,254	1,125	1,118	1,001	839	823	858	858	830	833	872	877	925	927
Galway	1,750	2,336	2,359	2,415	2,990	3,286	3,063	2,812		2,900	2,210	2,170	2,164	2,063	2,125	1,722	2,082	2,255	2,099
Kerry	3,677	2,942	3,034	2,698	2,511	2,428	2,309	2,083	2,107	1,707	1,745	1,776	1,905	1,515	1,477	1,560	1,517	1,807	1,721
Kildare	1,014	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,196	1,011	1,212	1,212	1,260	853	827	790	805	845	858	869	767	904	1,143
Kilkenny	1,383	1,500	1,524	1,387	1,339	1,347	1,406	1,378	1,150	1,141	1,071	1,125	1,077	1,163	1,145	1,156	1,040	1,141	735
Laois	1,065	1,150	1,108	1,027	1,238	1,079	1,084	987	885	842	850	848	835	852	805	774	803	738	772
Leitrim	950	1,031	1,050	1,090	1,000	880	929	944	784	712	700	788	841	758	845	653	637	634	626
Limerick	1,210	1,436	1,500	1,795	1,800	1,830	1,846	1,996	2,027	1,384	1,363	1,371	1,385	718	746	725	788	810	843
Longford	936	661	1,074	639	716	775	816	909	771	534	589	573	575	559	547	558	538	534	528
Louth	900	1,115	919	524	556	851	776	653	673	716	783	746	785	792	824	828	636	645	652
Mayo	888	1,056	892	1,600	1,645	1,500	1,727	1,789	1,750	1,254	1,227	1,194	1,214	1,282	1,346	1,401	1,329	1,336	1,392
Meath	1,754	1,803	1,627	1,561	1,279	1,336	1,486	1,361	1,490	973	852	802	855	862	919	937	890	853	911
Monaghan	1,099	1,403	1,279	1,102	1,321	1,044	1,160	902	762	952	913	921	867	867	891	783	630	619	627
Offaly	729	739	694	517	575	630	704	696	723	675	689	722	755	672	653	647	647	703	723
Roscommon	1,391	1,704	2,000	1,684	1,850	1,520	1,600	1,540	1,462	1,215	1,231	1,129	1,129	1,149	1,028	948	1,050	1,053	1,143
Sligo	1,211	1,153	1,109	1,364	1,329	1,413	1,344	1,036	982	716	783	748	748	810	781	728	746	768	819
Tipperary, N.R.	1,821	1,408	1,375	1,302	1,216	1,168	1,185	1,103	1,050	797	722	728	828	719	771	943	808	911	855
Tipperary, S.R.	1,515	2,115	1,785	1,333	1,360	1,061	1,086	1,063	960	830	749	782	782	754	818	877	878	939	983
Waterford	976	1,000	1,000	1,180	989	978	967	1,088	848	800	683	557	540	515	611	516	550	508	499
Westmeath	1,484	1,619	1,729	1,992	1,063	964	981	1,290	931	763	858	863	888	839	897	941	930	911	921
Wexford	1,203	1,386	1,306	1,249	1,496	1,417	1,433	1,408	1,164	1,037	819	764	692	1,000	941	959	964	1,066	1,163
Wicklow	852	950	901	901	980	782	796	815		736	743	725	732	763	761	761	969	795	798

NOTE: Details for the year 1956/57 not available.