asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if the rate of increase in industrial employment in the past year is likely to be maintained; and, if not, why.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Employment.
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Preliminary estimates indicate that in 1973 the first year of the five year regional industrial plans there was a net increase of 7,000 jobs in manufacturing industry. On the basis of present trends, I consider there are good prospects of this expansion in industrial employment being maintained.