asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will instruct local authorities to start Christmas relief works earlier than is usual this year; further, if he will relax the conditions of employment on such schemes so as to enable the relief workers to have continual employment for the period before Christmas; and also, if he will direct that men employed on such schemes be paid weekly.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Christmas Relief Works.
The employment schemes will be put in operation at an early date. The regulations governing employment on such schemes will provide that each worker will be given a full week's work. As regards the weekly payment of workers, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to a similar question on the 31st May, 1946.