asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he has received representations from the managers of employment exchanges regarding their inadequate wages, and conditions of employment, and whether he will use the opportunity which will be presented by the passage of the Unemployment Assistance Act to improve the wages and conditions of these officers.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wages of Employment Exchange Managers.
I have not received any representations from managers of employment exchanges regarding their salaries or conditions of employment, but the branch managers, who, unlike the managers of exchanges, are part-time and unestablished officers, have complained of the inadequacy of their remuneration and of the conditions of their employment. The question of the future remuneration of these branch managers is at present being considered by my Department in the light of the additional work and responsibility which will fall upon them in consequence of the operation of the Unemployment Assistance Act.
Will the Minister, when the question of implementing the new Act comes to be considered by his Department, bear carefully in mind the long-standing complaint by the persons concerned against their inadequate remuneration, and will he sympathetically consider the question of improving their wages and conditions in view of the opportunity now presented by the passing of this Act?
I have informed the Deputy that the question of future remuneration is being considered in the light of the additional work and responsibility which will fall upon these officers.