Written Answer. - Male Hired Labour Units on Farms.

Tuesday, 8 March 1960

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 180 No. 1

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Mr. Desmond: Information on Daniel Desmond  Zoom on Daniel Desmond  asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of male hired labour units on farms, as revealed in the National Farm Survey, in expansion of a reply of 17th June, 1958, and in similar form (Table 2) under the following heads, viz., (1) size group, (2) no hired labour, (3) less than 0.5, (4) 0.51 to 1.00, (5) 1.01 to 2.00, (6) 2.01 to 3.00, (7) 3.01 to 4.00 and (8) over 4.00.

The Taoiseach: Information on Seán F. Lemass  Zoom on Seán F. Lemass  Particulars of the frequency distribution of Survey farms according to the number of male hired labour units in the 1955/56 National Farm Survey are given in the following table under the headings asked for by the Deputy:

Size Group Male hired labour units Total
Nil 0.01-0.50* 0.51-1.00 1.01-2.00 2.01-3.00 3.01-4.00 Over 4.00
Number of farms
5- 15 Acres 122 48 1 — — — — 171
15- 30 ,, 265 126 10 3 — — — 404
30- 50 ,, 203 163 27 19 — — — 412
50- 100 ,, 137 149 83 66 8 1 — 444
100- 200 ,, 38 52 53 75 27 9 2 256
Over 200 ,, 10 8 12 36 25 20 26 137

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