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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 1 Mar 1983

Vol. 340 No. 7

Written Answers. - Agricultural Employment.

310.

asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in agriculture between April 1979 and April 1982.

The estimated number of persons at work in agriculture, forestry and fishing in April of each year from 1979 to 1982 is as follows: 1979 — 221,000; 1980 — 212,000; 1981 — 201,000; 1982 — 196,000.

These figures are provisional pending the availability of the final results of the 1981 Census of Population and the results of the 1983 Labour Force Survey.

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