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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 23 Mar 1960

Vol. 180 No. 7

Written Answers. - Agricultural Grant: Employment Allowances.

53.
Daniel Desmond

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give details of employment allowances under the Agricultural Grant in respect of the Munster, Leinster and Ulster counties in the form of a reply of 9th March, 1960.

Neil T.C. Blaney

Mr. Blaney

Following is the information:—

PERSONS in respect of whom Employment Allowances were granted under the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Acts in the under-mentioned counties in the year ended 31st March.

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

Carlow:

(a) relatives

959

1,042

996

1,041

1,026

1,039

1,051

1,005

965

917

(b) employees

1,841

1,755

1,647

1,603

1,655

1,522

1,426

1,317

1,143

1,088

TOTAL

2,800

2,797

2,643

2,644

2,681

2,561

2,477

2,322

2,108

2,005

Cavan:

(a) relatives

1,340

1,283

1,315

1,338

1,343

1,426

1,456

1,399

1,236

1,330

(b) employees

923

681

717

669

660

646

630

657

603

511

TOTAL

2,263

1,964

2,032

2,007

2,003

2,072

2,086

2,056

1,839

1,841

Clare:

(a) relatives

2,248

2,200

2,184

2,235

2,062

2,022

1,951

1,778

1,700

1,682

(b) employees

1,303

1,289

1,349

1,354

1,156

1,187

1,148

940

879

789

TOTAL

3,551

3,489

3,533

3,589

3,218

3,209

3,099

2,718

2,579

2,471

Cork:

(a) relatives

6,514

6,292

5,938

5,828

5,627

5,746

5,533

5,231

5,616

5,405

(b) employees

9,263

8,439

8,017

7,796

7,488

8,079

7,421

6,648

5,925

5,595

TOTAL

15,777

14,731

13,955

13,624

13,115

13,825

12,954

11,879

11,541

11,000

Donegal:

(a) relatives

968

963

963

946

1,044

1,068

1,148

1,134

1,074

1,089

(b) employees

1,393

1,317

1,193

1,230

1,131

1,309

1,363

1,318

1,226

1,009

TOTAL

2,361

2,280

2,156

2,176

2,175

2,377

2,511

2,452

2,300

2,098

Dublin:

(a) relatives

653

609

587

590

570

615

620

582

571

584

(b) employees

2,795

2,485

2,462

2,365

2,293

2,247

2,179

2,057

2,046

1,963

TOTAL

3,448

3,094

3,049

2,955

2,863

2,862

2,799

2,639

2,617

2,547

Kerry:

(a) relatives

2,299

2,205

2,236

2,195

2,141

2,120

1,966

1,912

1,715

1,541

(b) employees

1,119

945

974

909

833

858

748

707

519

443

TOTAL

3,418

3,150

3,210

3,104

2,974

2,978

2,714

2,619

2,234

1,984

Kildare:

(a) relatives

1,152

1,085

1,045

1,047

1,094

1,048

1,022

1,010

935

964

(b) employees

3,089

2,808

2,746

2,579

2,557

2,570

2,621

2,547

2,429

2,341

TOTAL

4,241

3,893

3,791

3,626

3,651

3,618

3,643

3,557

3,364

3,305

Kilkenny:

(a) relatives

2,627

2,485

2,405

2,354

2,300

2,291

2,331

2,274

2,219

2,156

(b) employees

2,882

2,785

2,615

2,303

2,340

2,431

2,180

2,078

2,016

1,921

TOTAL

5,509

5,270

5,020

4,657

4,640

4,722

4,511

4,352

4,235

4,077

Laoighis:

(a) relatives

1,828

1,818

1,773

1,737

1,655

1,645

1,617

1,612

1,595

1,490

(b) employees

1,878

1,861

1,639

1,500

1,677

1,504

1,667

1,474

1,427

1,087

TOTAL

3,706

3,679

3,412

3,237

3,332

3,149

3,284

3,086

3,022

2,577

Limerick:

(a) relatives

3,269

3,194

3,075

2,991

2,964

2,929

2,953

2,794

2,718

2,624

(b) employees

4,088

3,895

3,655

3,586

3,429

3,107

3,084

2,809

2,568

2,426

TOTAL

7,357

7,089

6,730

6,577

6,393

6,036

6,037

5,603

5,286

5,050

Longford:

(a) relatives

880

882

838

861

895

886

846

795

772

762

(b) employees

685

667

630

552

556

541

547

465

401

352

TOTAL

1,565

1,549

1,468

1,413

1,451

1,427

1,393

1,260

1,173

1,114

Louth:

(a) relatives

907

907

866

886

867

877

891

932

905

829

(b) employees

1,641

1,532

1,401

1,291

1,308

1,329

1,334

1,266

1,198

1,196

TOTAL

2,548

2,439

2,267

2,177

2,175

2,206

2,225

2,198

2,103

2,025

Meath:

(a) relatives

2,190

2,247

2,158

2,058

2,097

2,083

2,146

2,083

1,921

1,813

(b) employees

4,446

4,144

3,954

3,578

3,736

3,716

3,520

3,341

3,083

2,845

TOTAL

6,636

6,391

6,112

5,636

5,833

5,799

5,666

5,424

5,004

4,658

Monaghan:

(a) relatives

1,059

1,030

1,042

1,067

1,053

1,226

1,234

1,244

1,235

1,140

(b) employees

760

689

648

610

590

645

659

661

552

528

TOTAL

1,819

1,719

1,690

1,677

1,643

1,871

1,893

1,905

1,787

1,668

Offaly:

(a) relatives

1,798

1,761

1,662

1,696

1,566

1,649

1,621

1,605

1,417

1,397

(b) employees

1,423

1,466

1,362

1,312

1,392

1,233

1,246

981

1,016

947

TOTAL

3,221

3,227

3,024

3,008

2,958

2,882

2,867

2,586

2,433

2,344

(a) relatives

1,972

1,710

1,707

1,636

1,707

1,750

1,645

1,577

1,526

1,535

(b) employees

1,938

1,832

1,682

1,635

1,652

1,583

1,501

1,484

1,285

1,311

TOTAL

3,910

3,542

3,389

3,271

3,359

3,333

3,146

3,061

2,811

2,846

Tipperary S.R.:

(a) relatives

2,333

2,369

2,141

2,110

2,073

2,049

2,162

2,115

2,096

2,042

(b) employees

3,177

2,970

2,776

2,481

2,809

2,600

2,570

2,156

2,225

2,124

TOTAL

5,510

5,339

4,917

4,591

4,882

4,649

4,732

4,271

4,321

4,166

Waterford:

(a) relatives

1,603

1,541

1,494

1,467

1,447

1,445

1,415

1,358

1,321

1,313

(b) employees

2,154

1,999

1,813

1,722

1,642

1,661

1,603

1,806

1,816

1,774

TOTAL

3,757

3,540

3,307

3,189

3,089

3,106

3,018

3,164

3,137

3,087

Westmeath:

(a) relatives

1,627

1,589

1,483

1,446

1,348

1,295

1,295

1,201

1,179

1,142

(b) employees

1,810

1,735

1,484

1,419

1,328

1,259

1,219

1,165

1,066

993

TOTAL

3,437

3,324

2,967

2,865

2,676

2,554

2,514

2,366

2,245

2,135

Wexford:

(a) relatives

2,330

2,264

2,234

2,138

2,195

2,249

2,231

2,205

2,254

2,152

(b) employees

3,808

3,710

3,543

3,449

3,329

3,353

3,380

3,290

3,058

2,990

TOTAL

6,138

5,974

5,777

5,587

5,524

5,602

5,611

5,495

5,312

5,142

Wicklow:

(a) relatives

1,063

1,030

978

951

951

957

955

914

899

865

(b) employees

2,132

2,079

2,140

2,979

2,217

2,234

2,165

2,030

2,144

1,968

TOTAL

3,195

3,109

3,118

3,930

3,168

3,191

3,120

2,944

3,043

2,833

54.

Daniel Desmond

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give particulars of the employment allowances under the Agricultural Grant, stating separately in respect of each county the number of persons in respect of whom employment allowances were granted for (a) relatives of farmers and (b) employees and the total number of allowances; and if he will state the number of farmers who applied for and received allowances in the latest available year and the total number of allowances under heads (a) and (b).

Neil T.C. Blaney

Mr. Blaney

Following is the information:—

PARTICULARS of the Employment Allowances granted under the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Acts in the Year ended 31st March, 1959.

County

Number of Claims

Number of Persons in respect of whom Allowances were granted

Relatives of Occupiers

Employees

Total

Carlow

1,325

917

1,088

2,005

Cavan

1,591

1,330

511

1,841

Clare

1,722

1,682

789

2,471

Cork

7,234

5,405

5,595

11,000

Donegal

1,207

1,089

1,009

2,098

Dublin

1,008

584

1,963

2,547

Galway

2,156

2,122

650

2,772

Kerry

1,493

1,541

443

1,984

Kildare

1,862

964

2,341

3,305

Kilkenny

2,554

2,156

1,921

4,077

Laoighis

1,636

1,490

1,087

2,577

Leitrim

343

335

192

527

Limerick

4,008

2,624

2,426

5,050

Longford

1,110

762

352

1,114

Louth

1,021

829

1,196

2,025

Mayo

817

859

265

1,124

Meath

2,546

1,813

2,845

4,658

Monaghan

1,275

1,140

528

1,668

Offaly

1,497

1,397

947

2,344

Roscommon

1,330

1,323

473

1,796

Sligo

790

725

379

1,104

Tipperary N.R.

1,924

1,535

1,311

2,846

Tipperary S.R.

2,452

2,042

2,124

4,166

Waterford

1,587

1,313

1,774

3,087

Westmeath

1,506

1,142

993

2,135

Wexford

2,954

2,152

2,990

5,142

Wicklow

1,229

865

1,968

2,833

TOTALS

50,177

40,136

38,160

78,296
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