asked the Taoiseach if he will consider the advisability of having statistics of farm accidents compiled in view of the large number of accidents lately reported in the Press which were owing to increased mechanisation in agriculture.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Farm Accidents.
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I am advised by the Central Statistics Office that it concurs with the view, expressed by the Minister for Agriculture in his reply of 18 November, 1959 to a similar question by the Deputy, that it is not practicable to endeavour to establish a system of reporting of farm accidents which would yield a reliable series of statistics relating to them.