asked the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that the male cleaners employed by the Revenue Commissioners are entitled to be paid the sum of £4 6s. 6d. per week as per circular 29/1949; and, further, if he is aware that during the period from the issue of the circular until the 17th February, 1950, these men were only paid the sum of £3 18s. 6d. per week instead of the prescribed pay of £4 6s. 6d., and if he will arrange that the balance of the pay due to the men affected will be paid to them immediately.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Male Cleaners' Pay.
The question appears to relate to six men who were recruited in October, 1949, as firelighters in the Revenue Commissioners' head office during the 1949-50 winter season. Through a misunderstanding the appropriate rate of wages was not immediately granted to these men. Arrangements have already been made to pay the arrears of wages.