asked the Taoiseach the number of persons engaged in the fish canning or processing industries in Ireland in each of the years 1955 to 1959, inclusive.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment in Fish Canning and Processing Industries.
7.
I propose, with the permission of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the number of persons engaged in the canning and preserving of fish in a week in the middle of the months of March, June, September and December in each of the years 1955 to 1959. The figures are derived from returns furnished in connection with Census of Industrial Production inquiries.
Following is the statement:—
NUMBER of persons engaged in the canning and preserving of fish in a week in the middle of the months of March, June, September and December in each of the years 1955 to 1959.
|
Year |
mid - March |
mid - June |
mid - September |
mid - December |
Average of four dates |
|
1955 |
119 |
121 |
130 |
178 |
137 |
|
1956 |
87 |
99 |
138 |
180 |
126 |
|
1957 |
72 |
89 |
105 |
168 |
109 |
|
1958 |
81 |
120 |
100 |
220 |
130 |
|
1959* |
173 |
107 |
201 |
260 |
185 |
*Provisional.