asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the amount of grant made available to (a) Cork County Council, (b) Wicklow County Council, (c) Cobh Urban District Council, (d) Fermoy Urban District Council, (e) Midleton Urban District Council, (f) Wicklow Urban District Council and (g) Youghal Urban District Council under the Local Authorities (Works) Act 1949, in each of the three years ended 31st March, 1953, and the estimated amounts to be made available in the current financial year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Local Authorities (Works) Act.
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the average number of men employed on works under the Local Authorities (Works) Act, 1949, for each of the three years ended 31st March, 1953, in Cobh, Fermoy, Midleton, Wicklow and Youghal urban districts and in the Counties of Cork and Wicklow.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 37 together and, as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to circulate it with the Official Report.
The following is the statement:—
LOCAL AUTHORITIES (WORKS) ACT, 1949.
|
Local Authority |
1950/51 |
1951/52 |
1952/53 |
1953/54 |
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|
Grant allocated |
Employment |
Grant allocated |
Employment |
Grant allocated |
Employment |
Approximate amount of grant to be allocated |
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|
Average number |
Period |
Average number |
Period |
Average number |
Period |
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|
£ |
£ |
£ |
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|
Cork Co. Council |
150,000 |
642 |
12 months |
105,000 |
451 |
12 months |
49,000 |
131 |
12 months |
About 50 per cent. of last year's grant. |
|
Wicklow Co. Council |
70,000 |
263 |
12 months |
47,000 |
83 |
12 months |
27,500 |
49 |
12 months |
do. |
|
Cobh U.D.C. |
253 |
4 |
2 months |
130 |
8 |
3 months |
130 |
10 |
1 month |
Not determined |
|
Fermoy U.D.C. |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
85 |
4 |
1 month |
do. |
|
Midleton U.D.C. |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
250 |
Nil |
— |
250 |
8 |
2 months |
do. |
|
Wicklow U.D.C. |
600 |
7 |
3 months |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
400 |
6 |
2 months |
do. |
|
Youghal U.D.C. |
625 |
8 |
4 months |
890 |
10 |
4 months |
200 |
5 |
1 month |
do. |
NOTE: The particulars of employment are based on monthly returns furnished by the local authorities concerned showing the numbers employed on a specified date. In respect of the two county councils the average has been obtained by dividing the sum of the monthly figures by 12. In respect of the urban authorities the employment afforded on these schemes is of limited duration; for this reason the average employment figures given in the reply are related merely to the duration of the schemes in each case.