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asked the Minister for Finance the total amount spent in County Mayo by the Special Employment Schemes Office under the headings rural improvement schemes, minor employment schemes, bog development and employment schemes in each of the ten financial years 1956-57 to 1965-66, the amount under each heading allocated for the financial year 1966-67, the total number of supervisory staff, gangers etc. employed, and the total number of workers employed per annum in Mayo on those schemes.
38.
asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent by the Special Employment Schemes Office, County Mayo for each year since 1960 on (i) rural improvement schemes (ii) bog development schemes and (iii) minor employment schemes.
I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to reply to Questions Nos. 37 and 38 together.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, to circulate in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
COUNTY MAYO.
EMPLOYMENT AND EMERGENCY SCHEMES VOTE.
I. Expenditure 1956-57 to 1965-66.
|
Financial Year |
Urban Employ- ment Schemes Subhead D |
Rural Employ- ment Schemes Subhead E |
Minor Employ- ment Schemes Subhead F |
Bog Develop- ment Schemes Subhead G |
Rural Improve- ments Scheme Subhead H |
Misc. Schemes Subhead I |
Total |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1956-57 |
2,640 |
405 |
30,731 |
8,356 |
30,577 |
1,170 |
73,879 |
|
1957-58 |
2,295 |
1,545 |
32,557 |
11,322 |
28,069 |
13 |
75,801 |
|
1958-59 |
2,903 |
1,117 |
32,993 |
12,898 |
21,590 |
1,352 |
72,853 |
|
1959-60 |
2,620 |
1,449 |
31,489 |
15,650 |
17,275 |
— |
68,483 |
|
1960-61 |
2,642 |
1,549 |
32,390 |
18,550 |
18,479 |
— |
73,610 |
|
1961-62 |
2,250 |
1,231 |
34,684 |
19,188 |
21,908 |
1,509 |
80,770 |
|
1962-63 |
2,300 |
2,333 |
32,091 |
18,703 |
29,365 |
761 |
85,553 |
|
1963-64 |
2,050 |
1,530 |
31,163 |
21,411 |
19,003 |
1,022 |
76,179 |
|
1964-65 |
2,055 |
1,155 |
27,554 |
21,657 |
23,699 |
611 |
76,731 |
|
1965-66(a) |
2,100 |
1,500 |
24,423 |
21,073 |
14,174 |
— |
63,270 |
(a)the figures for 1965-66 are the amounts authorised: details of actual expenditure are not yet available.
II. Allocation for 1966-67.
|
Subhead D: |
Allocation not yet fixed. |
|
,, E |
Grants under these Subheads have been discontinued. |
|
,, F |
|
|
,, G |
|
|
,, H |
There is no pre-determined allocation for each county: applications are considered individually in the order of their receipt. |
|
,, I |
III. Numbers employed on schemes in Co. Mayo.
(a) Supervisory staff, gangers, etc.
(i) Subheads D and E: these schemes are carried out by the local authorities and details of supervisory staff are not available.
(ii) Subheads F, G and H: 1965-66.
4 Supervisors, wholetime.
72 Gangers, employed casually for each scheme: average spell of employment 16 weeks.
(b) Workmen:
The numbers employed are subject to wide seasonal variation: the following are estimates of the numbers of individuals employed on the 1965-66 schemes.
|
Subhead D |
40, average period 5-6 weeks. |
|
,, E |
36, ,, ,, 5 ,, |
|
,, F |
550, ,, ,, 5 ,, |
|
,, G |
450, ,, ,, 5 ,, |
|
,, H |
200, ,, ,, 5 ,, |
|
Special Employment Schemes Office, |
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25th April, 1966. |
Would the Parliamentary Secretary, if he is not afraid to comment after the previous questions——
The answer is "Yes; he is afraid of his life".
I am not afraid of either Deputy O'Hara or Deputy Dillon.
Why must the Parliamentary Secretary give the reply by way of a tabular statement to be circulated with the Official Report when the question is a simple one to answer? Every Minister could get away by that dodge.
