asked the Taoiseach if he will give the breakdown of the figures of gross domestic fixed capital formation in the transport and communication sector for the years 1955 and 1956.
Written Answers. - Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation.
The estimates of gross domestic fixed capital formation are based primarily on the type of capital goods produced or imported and not on the sector of destination. For that reason, the allocation of items to the various industries of destination can only be made approximately and, therefore, it is not considered desirable to give official currency to a more detailed analysis than that already provided. It may, however, be mentioned that the gross domestic fixed capital formation under the heading "Transport and Communication" includes such items as new construction and reconstruction of roads, of railways, of harbours, docks and canals, as well as new Post Office construction, the manufacture of railway, bus, etc., vehicles, and of ships and boats, together with the imports of such vehicles and of aircraft ready for use. It does not include expenditure on private motor cars or on commercial vehicles used by manufacturing or distribution concerns.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state the constituents of gross domestic fixed capital formation in 1938 and for each of the years 1945 to 1954.
The information requested by the Deputy for the years 1949-54 is shown in the following table. Corresponding information in respect of earlier years is not available.
GROSS domestic fixed capital formation
|
Sector |
1949 |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
|
£ million |
||||||
|
Agriculture, etc. |
3.1 |
3.3 |
5.2 |
5.7 |
7.4 |
|
|
Mining, etc. |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
5.6 |
7.4 |
8.2 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
10.3 |
|
Electricity, gas and water works |
5.2 |
6.2 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
8.7 |
|
Transport and communication |
7.2 |
7.5 |
7.9 |
9.8 |
11.8 |
12.0 |
|
Dwellings |
12.0 |
13.9 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
14.3 |
13.3 |
|
Public administration |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
|
Other service trades |
11.3 |
12.7 |
13.7 |
18.1 |
19.7 |
17.2 |
|
TOTAL |
46.6 |
53.3 |
61.4 |
69.4 |
72.4 |
72.9 |
NOTE.—The available data are not sufficient to account completely for the capital formation in each of the specified industries of destination and, therefore, the amount allocated to "other service trades" (which is a residual item) is inflated by the short fall of all the other items.