asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, taking 1939 as 100, he will state the present salaries as a percentage in respect of the following grades of staff: permanent auxiliary postman, established postman, postal sorter, the two principal clerical grades, staff officer, junior executive officer, higher executive officer, principal officer, assistant secretary, secretary, installer, technician, inspector, district engineer, assistant chief engineer, chief engineer, female telephonist established, supervisor, and male telephonist established, taking any grade of officer within a particular classification representing the average case.
Written Answers. - Post Office Employees' Salaries.
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following statement:—
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS
The relationship between the present salaries of certain classes and those obtaining in 1939 (base 1939=100) is as follows:—
|
Grade |
|
|
Auxiliary Postmen |
273 |
|
Postmen |
240 |
|
Postal Sorters |
215 |
|
Post Office Clerks |
205 |
|
Clerical Officers |
198 |
|
Staff Officers |
182 |
|
Executive Officers |
185 |
|
Higher Executive Officers |
170 |
|
Principal Officers |
167 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
167 |
|
Secretary |
170 |
|
Installer |
232 |
|
Technician |
230 |
|
Inspector |
236 |
|
District Engineer |
201 |
|
Assistant Chief Engineer |
167 |
|
Chief Engineer |
167 |
|
Female Telephonist |
219 |
|
Female Supervisor |
213 |
|
Male Telephonist |
235 |
|
Male Supervisor |
229 |
NOTE 1. — The figures relate to the salaries paid at Dublin Offices except in the case of Auxiliary Postmen where the figure relates to Class III Offices at which the great majority of the grade are employed.
NOTE 2. — The comparisons in the case of Installers and Technicians (grades introduced in 1951) are with the grades of Acting Unestablished Skilled Workman and Skilled Workman Class 1, being, respectively, the nearest comparable grades in the Engineering Branch organisation in 1939.