asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the index of industrial earnings from December 1968 to December 1971.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Earnings.
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For transportable goods industries, i.e. manufacturing industries together with mining, quarrying and turf production, the weekly earnings index increased by 47.0 per cent between December, 1968, and December, 1971. The corresponding increase in the hourly earnings index was 52.6 per cent.