asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state in respect of the latest date for which the information is available, the total number of persons (distinguishing between men, women, and juveniles) employed in (a) the hosiery and knitted goods trade; (b) boot and shoe factories; (c) men's readymade clothing trade; (d) shirt and collar trade, and (e) woollen mills.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Employment.
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to a question addressed to me by Deputy Mulcahy on the 14th February last, to which I have at present nothing to add. Details as to the division of this total employment as between men, women and juveniles will be found in volumes of the Census of Production as they appear.