asked the Taoiseach the total number of people at work in the State each year since 1970 under the headings (a) agriculture and (b) all the other headings combined.
Written Answers. - Employment Statistics.
332.
The following table contains estimates of the number of persons at work at mid-April for each of the years 1970 to 1979 under the headings requested by the Deputy. The estimates will be revised shortly when the results of the 1979 labour force survey become available and the revised figures will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as they are published.
Estimated number of persons at work 1970-79 (000)
|
Sector |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
|
Agriculture |
283 |
273 |
267 |
260 |
254 |
250 |
242 |
235 |
229 |
220 |
|
Other Sectors |
770 |
782 |
783 |
797 |
815 |
803 |
795 |
807 |
822 |
845 |
|
Total at Work |
1,053 |
1,055 |
1,050 |
1,057 |
1,069 |
1,053 |
1,037 |
1,042 |
1,051 |
1,065 |
333.
asked the Taoiseach the total number of workers on short-time each year since 1970; and the figure at the latest available date in 1980.
The following statement gives the number of persons who were on systematic short-time working at 28 November 1980 and at the corresponding dates in each of the years 1970 to 1979.
|
Date |
Number on Systematic Short-time |
|
28 November 1980 |
8,229 |
|
30 November 1979 |
1,538 |
|
24 November 1978 |
1,550 |
|
25 November 1977 |
2,207 |
|
26 November 1976 |
1,387 |
|
28 November 1975 |
3,467 |
|
29 November 1974 |
5,178 |
|
30 November 1973 |
213 |
|
24 November 1972 |
112 |
|
26 November 1971 |
947 |
|
27 November 1970 |
497 |