asked the Taoiseach if he will give the number of employed workers earning less than £10 per week in industry and commerce in the State for each of the years 1950-1959.
Written Answers. - Workers Earning less than £10 Per Week.
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Particulars of the type requested are available only in respect of establishments covered by the annual Census of Industrial Production. The following statement sets out for the years 1950-1958 inclusive, the number of wage earners who were employed by these establishments and whose earnings in mid-October were less than £10 per week. Corresponding particulars for salaried workers are available only for the years 1950-1952 inclusive.
Because of a discontinuity in the records, following on the introduction in 1954 of a simplified form of return for the smaller establishments, it has been necessary to give two series of figures for wage earners. The first covers the years 1950-1953 inclusive and the second covers the years 1953-1958 inclusive. Particulars for 1959 are not yet available.
NUMBERS of persons returned at the annual Census of Industrial Production as earning less than £10 per week in mid-October of each of the years 1950-1958.
|
Year |
Wage earners |
Salaried workers |
Total |
|
1950 |
196,783 |
18,929 |
215,712 |
|
1951 |
196,335 |
18,318 |
214,653 |
|
1952 |
189,590 |
17,914 |
207,504 |
|
1953 |
192,396 |
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|
1953 |
190,233 |
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|
1954 |
189,851 |
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|
1955 |
187,479 |
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|
1956 |
172,145 |
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|
1957 |
158,383 |
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|
1958 |
149,357 |
... = Not available.