asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state the total number of rated occupiers of land in County Galway, and the total number of male agricultural workers employed by them in respect of whom cognisance was taken by the county council for the purpose of determining payments for the remission of rates under the Agricultural Grant for the years 1935 and 1938.
Written Answers. - Employment of Agricultural Workers.
The total number of rated occupiers of land in County Galway where claims to abatement of rates by way of employment allowances in the years 1935/36 and 1938/39 were admitted in respect of men at work on their holdings in the calendar years 1934 and 1937, respectively, and the number of men at work on their holdings during these years were as follow:—
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1935-36 |
1938-39 |
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Number of rated occupiers of agricultural land in Co. Galway who received Employment Allowances |
2,615 |
3,938 |
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Number of men returned as at work on holdings of such occupiers: |
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Relatives of Occupiers |
2,124 |
1,828 |
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Employees |
1,724 |
1,062 |
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TOTAL AT WORK |
3,848 |
2,800 |