asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will now grant a weekly half-holiday to the workers on the State Farm at Johnstown Castle, Wexford.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Johnstown Castle (Wexford) Farm Workers.
Mr. Walsh
The workers at Johnstown Castle Agricultural College are at present unwilling to work on the basis of a weekly contract of 54 hours a week and they are being paid at the hourly rate prescribed by the Agricultural Wages Board. They cease work at 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
Is it not a fact therefore that because the workers at Johnstown Castle refused to work 54 hours a week they are denied their half-holiday?
Is the Minister not following exactly in the footsteps of his predecessor whom he denounced in this House on every possible occasion on this matter?
I do not think Deputy Corish will thank you for that.
You are mixed up between the widows.
Deputy Corish is not concerned with what Deputy Dillon did.
Mr. Walsh
I am afraid that Deputy Corish and Deputy Dunne have a wrong conception of the Agricultural Workers (Half-Holidays) Bill. It would be well for them to read it again