asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the number of agricultural instructors, permanent and temporary, employed by county committees of agriculture at present and three years ago; and if he will indicate the number of farmers to each agricultural instructor (1) in the Republic; (2) in County Wicklow, and (3) in County Carlow.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Agricultural Instructors.
Mr. Walsh
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the required information.
Following is the statement:—
INSTRUCTORS IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYED BY COUNTY COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE.
TABLE A.
|
Number of Instructors in Agriculture: |
Employed at present |
Employed three years ago |
|
Permanent Instructors |
93 |
60 |
|
Temporary Instructors |
32 |
28 |
|
TOTAL |
125 |
88 |
TABLE B.
|
In the Whole Country |
In County Wicklow |
In County Carlow |
|
|
(a) Number of Instructors in Agriculture |
125 |
4 |
3 |
|
(b) Number of persons returned as farmers in the 1946 Census of Population* |
249,898 |
3,383 |
2,537 |
|
(c) Number of agricultural holdings over 5 acres according to 1952 Agricultural Census |
289,694 |
4,436 |
3,104 |
|
(d) (i) Ratio of (a) to (b) |
1 : 2,000 |
1:846 |
1:846 |
|
(ii) Ratio of (a) to (c) |
1 : 2,318 |
1 :1,109 |
1 :1,035 |
*Latest in respect of which statistics have been published.