asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total number of persons employed in the manufacture of (1) tobacco, (2) boots and shoes, (3) glass bottles, (4) soap and candles, (5) motor bodies, (6) sugar confectionery (including jam), (7) brush-making, (8) shirtmaking, (9) blanket-making, (10) hosiery, (11) wholesale clothing (i.e., men's and boys' factory-made clothing), hats, caps, ties and umbrellas, (12) handicraft tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, corsets, etc., (13) furniture, (14) metallic bedsteads, (15) oatmeal, (16) margarine, (17) rosary beads, (18) woollens, and (19) down quilts, on the 1st March, 1933, or the most recent date for which the information is available.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment in Saorstát.
The full information is not available in the precise form covered by the question. The following, however, were the numbers of persons employed at the 1st March, 1933, according to returns supplied to the Department by the various firms engaged in the industries enumerated hereunder:—
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Persons Employed. |
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(1) |
Tobacco |
2,231 |
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(2) |
Boots and Shoes |
1,923 |
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(4) |
Soap and Candles |
613 |
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(5) |
Coach and Motor Bodies |
750 |
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(6) |
Sugar Confectionery (including jam) |
5,247 |
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(7) |
Brush making |
331 |
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(8) |
Shirts and Collars |
1,876 |
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(9) |
Blankets, Blanketing and rugs (other than floor rugs) |
518 |
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(10) |
Hosiery and Knitted goods |
1,641 |
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(11) |
Wholesale Clothing (i.e., Men's and Boys' factory-made Clothing) Hats, Caps, Ties and Umbrellas |
3,368 |
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(13) |
Furniture |
1,400 |
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(15) |
Oatmeal |
648 |
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(16) |
Margarine |
156 |
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(18) |
Wollens and Worsteds |
1,866 |
Information in regard to the numbers employed under item No. 12 in the Question is not available. The aggregate employment in the industries mentioned at (3), (14), (17), and (19) was 347.