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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 31 Jan 1963

Vol. 199 No. 6

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Capital Investment per Worker in State Undertakings.

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asked the Taoiseach if he will have statistics prepared to ascertain the capital investment required to provide full-time employment for one man in different State-sponsored or financial undertakings, such as forestry, road works, Bord na Móna, aviation and public housing.

I do not consider that a useful purpose would be served by the employment of resources on the exercise suggested by the Deputy. While, on occasion, it may be useful and desirable to produce data of the type he suggests in respect of certain specific projects it is both difficult and of doubtful value to make estimates of this kind for widely different activities of the type he has mentioned.

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