asked the Taoiseach if he will state for 1955-56 the number of children in the Republic between the ages of 14 and 16 in unskilled industrial employment and not serving their time to any skilled trade or craft.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Children in Unskilled Industrial Employment.
The particulars asked for by the Deputy cannot be given for the Twenty-Six Counties for the year 1955-56. The latest available information which is relevant is that derived from the Census of Population, 1951.
On that occasion, out of 53,028 boys aged 14 or 15 years last birthday, 21,240 were returned as gainfully occupied and of these 2,902 were classed as "Apprentices, learners and professional students". The corresponding figures for girls were—total 51,351; gainfully occupied, 13,657; apprentices, learners and professional students, 1,949.
Particulars of the numbers in each individual occupation at each year of age 14 to 19 are given in Tables 7A and 7B of Volume II, Part II of the Report of the Census of Population, 1951, and for details I would refer the Deputy to that publication. I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement summarising the figures shown in these tables in respect of persons aged 14 and 15 years last birthday.
Following is the statement:—
GAINFULLY OCCUPIED PERSONS AGED 14 AND 15 YEARS CLASSIFIED BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP AT THE 1951 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
|
Occupational Group |
Boys |
Girls |
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|
14 years |
15 years |
14 years |
15 years |
|
|
Agricultural occupations: |
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|
Farmers' relatives assisting |
3,361 |
4,664 |
736 |
1,138 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
950 |
1,744 |
3 |
12 |
|
Other agricultural occupations |
88 |
153 |
6 |
8 |
|
Fishermen |
7 |
20 |
— |
— |
|
*Skilled or semi-skilled workers in other production occupations |
1,202 |
2,436 |
1,969 |
2,817 |
|
Contractors' labourers, road workers etc. (classified as unskilled) |
25 |
56 |
— |
— |
|
Lorry drivers' helpers and mates |
169 |
227 |
— |
— |
|
Messengers |
1,164 |
1,532 |
— |
— |
|
Other transport and communication occupations |
36 |
95 |
55 |
70 |
|
Salesmen, shop assistants, roundsmen, barmen |
351 |
783 |
318 |
827 |
|
Other commercial, financial, insurance occupations |
24 |
45 |
7 |
12 |
|
Professional and technical occupations (mainly theological students, postulants) |
55 |
81 |
35 |
59 |
|
Occupations connected with entertainment and sport (including jockeys, kennel attendants) |
54 |
88 |
4 |
13 |
|
Personal service occupations (mainly waiters, domestic servants, hairdressers, laundry workers) |
177 |
294 |
1,413 |
2,691 |
|
Clerks, typists, draughtsmen |
73 |
175 |
64 |
279 |
|
Storekeepers, packers, bottlers, warehouse assistants |
83 |
10 |
275 |
443 |
|
Other workers, including unskilled workers not elsewhere classified |
294 |
574 |
159 |
244 |
|
TOTAL GAINFULLY OCCUPIED |
8,113 |
13,127 |
5,044 |
8,613 |
*Includes builders', bricklayers', plasterers' and masons' labourers (classified as semi-skilled).