asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state the average rate of remuneration payable to home assistance officers in County Mayo; whether the local authority recommended an increase in these rates; and, if so, whether the increase was sanctioned, and, if not, why; whether he will favourably consider the adoption generally of a scale of remuneration applicable to these officers more appropriate to existing conditions than the scales now in force.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Remuneration of County Mayo Home Assistance Officers.
In Mayo County the average rate of remuneration of home assistance officers, who are also the sanitary, sub-officers for their respective areas, is £50 a year. As regards the latter part of the question, I am not in a position to make any statement, as I have received no proposal from the local authority to increase the remuneration of these officers.
And that is a living wage?
This is only a side-line.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary say what he thinks of this wage?