asked the Taoiseach if he will extend the table in a reply of 6th May, 1965 regarding agricultural employment, remuneration and wages setting out revised figures for 1964 and estimated figures for 1965.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Employment.
72.
The data requested by the Deputy are given in the following tables:
|
Year |
Total estimated number of agricultural employees at work |
Total remuneration of employees in agriculture* |
Total expenses of agriculture other than remuneration |
Income from self employment and other trading income† |
Total income arising in agriculture‡ |
|
Thousand |
£million |
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|
1961 |
51.7 |
15.2 |
33.6 |
118.4 |
136.5 |
|
1962 |
47.9 |
15.2 |
32.8 |
122.1 |
140.2 |
|
1963 |
45.3 |
14.8 |
34.5 |
121.1 |
138.9 |
|
1964 |
42.5 |
15.8 |
36.3 |
143.5 |
162.3 |
|
1965§ |
41.1 |
17.0 |
38.6 |
145.4 |
165.4 |
*Including employers' contribution to social insurance.
†Including income of farmers and their relatives.
‡Including rent element in land annuities.
§Preliminary estimate.
ACTUAL level and index numbers of weekly earnings of industrial workers in Transportable Goods Industries and of minimum Agricultural Wage Rates.
|
Period |
Average Weekly Industrial Earnings |
Minimum Weekly Agricultural Wages |
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|
Actual Average Earnings |
Index Oct., 1953=100 |
Minimum Weekly Rate |
Index July, 1953 =100 |
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|
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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|
October, |
1961 |
162 |
3 |
147.3 |
115 |
9* |
142.0* |
|
,, |
1962 |
178 |
7 |
162.0 |
122 |
6 |
150.3 |
|
,, |
1963 |
187 |
4 |
169.2 |
122 |
6 |
150.3 |
|
March, |
1964 |
199 |
9 |
178.1 |
127 |
9 |
156.7 |
|
June, |
1964 |
212 |
6 |
189.3 |
145 |
3 |
178.2 |
|
September, |
1964 |
209 |
11 |
188.0 |
145 |
3 |
178.2 |
|
December, |
1964 |
212 |
3 |
189.5 |
145 |
3 |
178.2 |
|
March, |
1965 |
208 |
11 |
186.1 |
145 |
3 |
178.2 |
|
June, |
1965 |
216 |
4 |
191.4 |
160 |
9 |
197.2 |
|
September, |
1965 |
216 |
8 |
192.9 |
160 |
9 |
197.2 |
|
December, |
1965 |
220 |
9 |
196.5 |
160 |
9 |
197.2 |
*From 30th October, 1961.
73.
asked the Taoiseach the number of permanent and temporary farm employees on 1st June, 1964 and 1965, according to the size of the holding, in the form of a reply of 12th November, 1964.
Particulars of males engaged in farm work according to size of holding are not available for the years 1964 and 1965.
74.
asked the Taoiseach if he will give in expansion of table 21, page 116, of P.R. 8703 as regards remuneration of employees in the agricultural sector (Ref. No. 1), separate estimates for (a) remuneration of farm employees, (b) remuneration of forestry employees, and (c) remuneration associated with fishing in respect of each of the five columns in that table.
The following table shows the estimated remuneration of employees in agriculture and forestry. On account of the difficulty of separating employee income from other income from fishing, all income from fishing is included in "Item 2—Other Income" in the table to which the Deputy referred. The estimated income from fishing in each of the years 1963, 1964 and 1965 was £1.7 million, £1.8 million and £1.9 million respectively.
Remuneration of Employees in Agriculture and Forestry (£ million).
|
1963 |
1964 |
Preliminary 1965 Estimates |
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|
Change from 1963 |
1964 |
Change from 1964 |
1965 |
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|
Agriculture |
14.8 |
+1.0 |
15.8 |
+1.2 |
17.0 |
|
Forestry |
1.9 |
+0.3 |
2.2 |
+0.1 |
2.3 |
|
TOTAL |
16.7 |
+1.3 |
18.0 |
+1.3 |
19.3 |