asked the Taoiseach if he will state in expansion of and in the form of Table 15 of Economic Statistics, 1960 the average weekly earnings and the average of the minimum wage rates to which each index number refers side by side with each index number in the Table, including the recent increase of 4/- per week granted to farm workers.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Earnings and Wage Rates.
27.
The following statement contains the particulars requested in respect of average weekly earnings and average minimum wage rates:—
AVERAGE weekly earnings of industrial workers in Transportable Goods Industries, average minimum Agricultural Wage rates and index numbers derived therefrom.
|
Period |
Industrial Earnings |
Agricultural Wages |
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|
Average weekly earnings |
Index Numbers (Oct. 1953=100) |
Average minimum weekly rates |
Index Numbers (July, 1953=100) |
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|
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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|
October, 1953 |
109 |
7 |
100.0 |
81 |
6 |
100.0 |
|
,,1954 |
113 |
0 |
102.7 |
85 |
6 |
104.9 |
|
,,1955 |
118 |
8 |
108.4 |
90 |
9* |
111.3* |
|
,,1956 |
124 |
6 |
114.0 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
,,1957 |
128 |
6 |
117.0 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
March 1958 |
134 |
8 |
121.8 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
June, 1958 |
136 |
1 |
123.1 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
September, 1958 |
137 |
0 |
125.2 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
December, 1958 |
139 |
10 |
126.3 |
96 |
9 |
118.7 |
|
March, 1959 |
137 |
6 |
124.0 |
102 |
9 |
126.1 |
|
June, 1959 |
142 |
8 |
127.8 |
102 |
9 |
126.1 |
|
September, 1959 |
143 |
0 |
129.2 |
102 |
9 |
126.1 |
|
December, 1959 |
148 |
11 |
133.7 |
102 |
9 |
126.1 |
|
March, 1960 |
.. |
.. |
106 |
9 |
131.0 |
..Not yet available.*Revised