asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state (i) the rate of wages paid to casual labourers employed on telegraph construction work on the Clonmel-Fethard route, and (ii) how the standard of wages is arrived at.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wages for Telegraph Construction Work.
The rate of wages paid to casual labourers employed on the work referred to is 38/- for a 48-hour week, the actual wage being 34/10 for the 44-hour week worked. The rate is based on that paid by the local authority to road workers as notified to the Post Office by the Department of Industry and Commerce.