asked the Taoiseach if he will state the amount of money required at each subsequent quarterly publication of the consumer price index to restore the purchasing power of adult and juvenile farm workers' wages in County Wexford to the value obtaining on 28th May, 1956.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Farm Workers' Wages in Wexford.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the required information, compiled on the basis of the changes in the Official Consumer Price Index (base: mid-August, 1947=100) since mid-May, 1956 for nearest date to 28th May, 1956, for which the index was computed).
Following is the statement:—
TABLE showing to the nearest penny estimates of the amounts of money required at each specified date to restore the purchasing power of the statutory minimum agricultural wage rates in County Wexford which became effective on the 28th May, 1956 to their purchasing power in mid-May, 1956.
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Date |
Male agricultural workers aged |
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19 years and over |
18 years and under 19 |
17 years and under 18 |
16 years and under 17 |
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s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
1956 Mid-May |
nil |
nil |
nil |
nil |
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|
Mid-August |
9 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
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|
Mid-November |
nil |
nil |
nil |
nil |
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|
1957 Mid-February |
9 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
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|
Mid-May |
2 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
Mid-August |
6 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
|
Mid-November |
5 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
1958 Mid-February |
7 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
6 |