asked the Taoiseach the figures of net passenger movement by sea and air for each year since 1952.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sea and Air Passenger Movements.
3.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving figures for the net passenger movement by sea and air for each 12-month period ended February, 1953 to 1975 inclusive.
The figures for the 12-month period ended February are considered the best annual indicators of net migration during the previous calendar year.
Following is the statement:
NET outward balance of passenger movement by sea and air for the 12 months ended February.
(+ indicates inward balance)
|
Year |
Total |
|
1953 |
34,739 |
|
1954 |
36,840 |
|
1955 |
47,605 |
|
1956 |
49,298 |
|
1957 |
44,177 |
|
1958 |
59,860 |
|
1959 |
34,095 |
|
1960 |
43,582 |
|
1961 |
43,786 |
|
1962 |
22,267 |
|
1963 |
12,226 |
|
1964 |
25,044 |
|
1965 |
27,394 |
|
1966 |
30,000 |
|
1967 |
21,808 |
|
1968 |
26,554 |
|
1969 |
24,548 |
|
1970 |
8,137 |
|
1971 |
7,160 |
|
1972 |
+1,334 |
|
1973 |
+4,748 |
|
1974 |
+6,628 |
|
1975 |
+10,320* |
*Provisional—subject to revision.
Will the Parliamentary Secretary give the figure for 1972?
The information is set out in a tabular statement. For 1972 the figure is +1,334 and there is a note to say that the plus sign indicates an inward balance.
That figure implies that there was no emigration that year, that there was an inflow of people. Is that so?
I would think so.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary pass on this information to members of the Government who conveniently forgot this fact in the speeches they have been making recently?
The last information the Deputy passed on was not so good.