asked the Minister for Lands whether applications were made to him for payment of wages to the men employed at O'Shea's breach in Ballylynch in respect of Whit Monday; whether these applications were acknowledged, and if he is in a position to state when it is proposed to pay the men concerned their day's wages in respect of the bank holiday mentioned.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wages for Bank Holiday.
The question presumably relates to embankment work which was being carried out on the Bessborough Estate, County Tipperary, in May and June last.
A communication relating to the payment of wages to labourers engaged on this work for Whit Monday, 2nd June last, which was addressed to another Department was transmitted to the Land Commission and has been acknowledged. The matter is being inquired into but so far as can be ascertained at present only one of the workers concerned fulfilled the statutory conditions necessary to qualify for payment of wages in respect of the Bank holiday in question.
Will the Parliamentary Secretary say when this land is likely to be divided?
After the result of the poll in Wexford.
I could not give a definite undertaking, but the matter has been fully investigated and the file is in the hands of the local inspector.