§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list, for each year since 1963, the number of orders for possession granted by the courts to the owners of properties occupied by workers in agriculture and horticulture as service tenancies and the number of evictions which have taken place subsequently
§ Mr. MoyleDepartmental statistics are available only for court orders for possession in respect of licensees of agritural tied cottages. Following are the statistics since these were first instituted in 1965:
1965 1,000 1966 1,089 1967 845 1968 789 1969 923 1970 858 1971 847 1972 1,025 Figures for 1973 are not yet available.