asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the provisions of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936, and the Agricultural Workers' (Holidays) Acts, 1950 and 1952, which exclude agricultural workers employed by his Department from the protection of those Acts.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Workers Legislation.
I am advised that, in the absence of express provision, agricultural workers employed on State farms under my Department do not come within the scope of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936, or of the Agricultural Workers (Holidays) Acts, 1950 and 1952.
These workers are, of course, in fact, paid wages higher than the rates of wages current in the districts in which the farms concerned are situated, and receive the benefits of the Agricultural Workers (Holidays) Acts.