asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he will state in respect of each county the number of (a) agricultural instructors (b) horticultural instructors (c) poultry instructors (d) home farm advisers and (e) persons attending night winter agricultural classes, and the total amount spent by each county in respect of these categories.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Agricultural Instruction.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
County |
Number of Instructors as at 18/3/66 |
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
(d) |
(e) |
(f) |
|
Agriculture |
Horticulture |
Poultry- Keeping |
Number of Instructors in Col. (c) who are trained in Farm Home Management |
Number of persons who attended night Winter Agricultural Classes in year ending 31/3/65 |
Total expenditure in respect of these categories during the financial year ending 31/3/65 |
|
£ |
||||||
Carlow |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
56 |
16,316 |
Cavan |
13 |
2 |
3 |
— |
102 |
18,025 |
Clare |
15 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
218 |
26,851 |
Cork |
27 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
1,427 |
61,727 |
Donegal |
13 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
333 |
19,226 |
Dublin |
6 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
21,796 |
Galway |
19 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
230 |
38,180 |
Kerry |
20 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
454 |
38,961 |
Kildare |
13 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
— |
32,839 |
Kilkenny |
9 |
1 |
2 |
— |
197 |
22,178 |
Laoighis |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
17,894 |
Leitrim |
11 |
1 |
2 |
— |
196 |
14,875 |
Limerick |
12 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
227 |
27,162 |
Longford |
7 |
1 |
2 |
— |
79 |
11,391 |
Louth |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
55 |
15,292 |
Mayo |
19 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
440 |
36,349 |
Meath |
12 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
192 |
30,137 |
Monaghan |
11 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
93 |
13,826 |
Offaly |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
71 |
13,926 |
Roscommon |
13 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
105 |
25,247 |
Sligo |
11 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
155 |
19,860 |
Tipperary (NR) |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
96 |
20,353 |
Tipperary (SR) |
11 |
3 |
3 |
— |
101 |
26,502 |
Waterford |
5 |
3 |
2 |
— |
92 |
18,253 |
Westmeath |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
34 |
16,690 |
Wexford |
14 |
5 |
3 |
— |
137 |
27,626 |
Wicklow |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
40 |
15,387 |
TOTALS |
302 |
69 |
90 |
24 |
5,193 |
£646,869 |