Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 22 Mar 1966

Vol. 221 No. 12

Written Answers. - Farm Employment and Tractors.

71.

Mr. James Tully

asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of changes in agricultural employment and farm tractors in 1964-65 in the form of a reply of 11th November, 1965.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Mr. Carty)

The particulars requested by the Deputy are as follows:

ESTIMATED change* between June, 1964 and June, 1965, in the numbers of Males engaged in farm work and in the number of Tractors on agricultural holdings. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 units.

(+ = increase; – = decrease)

County	Members of Family	Other Males	Tractors
Permanent	Temporary
Change 1964-1965 (Number)
Carlow	– 100	– 100	– 200	+ 100
Dublin	– 200	– 100	– 300	+ 100
Kildare	+ 300	+ 100	– 100	+ 0
Kilkenny	+ 100	– 100	– 0	+ 100
Laoighis	– 0	+ 0	+ 300	+ 0
Longford	– 500	+ 0	+ 200	+ 100
Louth	– 400	+ 100	– 500	+ 100
Meath	– 400	– 300	+ 100	+ 200
Offaly	+ 100	– 100	+ 0	+ 100
Westmeath	– 300	– 100	– 100	+ 100
Wexford	– 500	– 200	+ 100	+ 200
Wicklow	– 300	+ 100	+ 0	+ 200
LEINSTER	– 2,200	– 600	– 400	+ 1,300
Clare	– 1,000	+ 0	+ 200	+ 200
Cork	– 1,700	– 400	– 300	+ 800
Kerry	+ 300	– 100	– 0	+ 200
Limerick	– 100	– 400	+ 100	+ 500
Tipperary	– 700	– 100	+ 100	+ 400
Waterford	– 100	+ 0	+ 0	+ 200
MUNSTER	+ 3,300	– 800	+ 100	+ 2,200
Galway	– 1,500	+ 100	– 200	+ 300
Leitrim	– 400	+ 100	– 0	+ 200
Mayo	– 2,300	+ 200	– 100	+ 100
Roscommon	– 700	+ 0	+ 200	+ 100
Sligo	– 400	– 0	+ 0	+ 100
CONNACHT	– 5,300	+ 300	– 100	+ 800
Cavan	– 200	+ 0	+ 0	+ 300
Donegal	– 700	– 100	+ 200	+ 400
Monaghan	– 200	+ 0	+ 0	+ 200
ULSTER (Part of)	– 1,000	– 100	+ 200	+ 1,000
IRELAND	– 11,900	– 1,200	+ 200	+ 5,200

*The estimated changes are the differences between the figures obtained at the full enumeration carried out in 1965 and those derived from a sample enumeration carried out in 1964, which are subject to sampling errors. In the case of the males engaged in farm work, the differences may not reflect the true changes because experience has shown that the treatment of migratory workers and of members of family on small holdings may vary between enumerators in different years and different areas.