Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 5 Mar 1992

Vol. 416 No. 8

Written Answers. - Fishing Industry Employment.

Seamus Kirk

Ceist:

100 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for the Marine if he will give details of the estimated numbers employed in the fishing industry both in the primary and processing areas for each of the years, (1) 1950, (2) 1960, (3) 1970, (4) 1980, (5) 1990 and (6) 1991.

Minister for the Marine (Dr. Woods)

The estimated figures for the numbers employed in the fishing industry, both in the primary and the processing sectors, for the years requested are:

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1991
Fishermen	n/a	5,868	5,861	8,824	7,830	n/a
Processing	n/a	n/a	1,350	2,080	3,621	n/a
Total	n/a	5,868	7,211	10,904	11,450	n/a

n/a=not available.

Notes:

(1) All data supplied by BIM.

(2) Data for employment in 1991 are currently being analysed. The results of this analysis will be available in April.