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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 5 Mar 1959

Vol. 173 No. 5

Written Answers. - Agricultural Statistics.

18.

asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of each county for a recent period (a) the approximate number of permanent or full-time agricultural employees, (b) the approximate number of agricultural tractors, and (c) the approximate number of holdings of 20 acres and over.

The particulars requested at (a) and (b) of the Deputy's question are given in the following statement for 1st June, 1955. The classification scheme for size of holding adopted in the compilation of agricultural statistics groups together all holdings of 15-30 acres and hence it is not possible to provide the figures requested at (c) of the question. Particulars of the numbers of holdings over 15 acres and over 30 acres have been entered in the statement.

Reliable county estimates for the years 1956 and 1957 are not available because of the reduction in the coverage of the agricultural enumeration in those years while the county estimates for 1958 have not yet been compiled. Estimated totals for the State as a whole for 1956 and 1957 are given for permanent male agricultural labourers and for agricultural tractors together with a provisional estimate of the number of permanent male agricultural labourers in June, 1958.

(a) Numbers of permanent male agricultural labourers; (b) Numbers of agricultural tractors and (c) Numbers of agricultural holdings over 15 acres and over 30 acres in each county on 1 June, 1955.

County

Permanent male agricultural labourers 14 years and over

Agricultural tractors

Agricultural Holdings

Over 15 acres

Over 30 acres

Numbers

Carlow

1,606

925

2,525

1,928

Dublin

3,779

1,208

2,319

1,550

Kildare

3,092

1,539

3,973

2,820

Kilkenny

2,877

1,658

6,076

4,987

Laoighis

1,873

1,357

5,031

3,729

Longford

532

263

4,600

2,479

Louth

1,572

1,020

2,869

1,676

Meath

4,368

1,674

7,444

4,655

Offaly

1,512

1,198

5,403

4,056

Westmeath

1,589

598

5,690

3,862

Wexford

4,514

2,751

6,881

5,497

Wicklow

1,934

914

3,684

2,877

Leinster

29,248

15,105

56,495

40,116

Clare

1,155

339

11,583

8,137

Cork

8,768

4,161

22,338

18,021

Kerry

1,879

820

13,538

9,809

Limerick

4,457

775

9,417

7,224

Tipperary

5,299

1,977

12,349

9,654

Waterford

2,075

810

4,132

3,422

Munster

23,633

8,882

73,357

56,267

Galway

1,436

991

20,239

11,887

Leitrim

284

201

8,112

3,420

Mayo

713

523

18,774

7,061

Roscommon

765

496

12,712

6,017

Sligo

636

317

8,265

3,596

Connacht

3,834

2,528

68,102

31,981

Cavan

970

665

10,199

4,933

Donegal

1,604

1,572

13,036

7,687

Monaghan

883

992

7,139

3,448

Ulster (Part of)

3,457

3,229

30,374

16,068

IRELAND

Total 1955

60,172

29,744

228,328

144,432

,,1956

55,900

31,900

,,1957

55,100

32,800

,,1958

54,400*

* Provisional and subject to revision.

†Not available.

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