Agricultural employment
Agriculture employed an estimated 214,000 people (18.4% of the workforce) in 1980, with 51,000 (4.4%) in related manufacturing and input industries.
asked the Taoiseach the number of people engaged in employment in the agricultural sector (a) directly and (b) indirectly for the most recent period for which figures are available; and the percentage of the total number employed that these figures represent.
Comment on this
The number of persons at work in agriculture—excluding forestry and fishing—at mid-April 1980 was estimated at 214,000 which was 18.4 per cent of the total number of persons in employment.
The number of persons at work in manufacturing industry based on agricultural products or providing inputs for agriculture is estimated at 51,000 in 1980. This was 4.4 per cent of the total number of persons in employment.