asked the Taoiseach the rate of wages now required to equal the value of the minimum adult rate in each area prescribed by the Agricultural Wages Board with effect from the 28th May, 1956, and also the revised adult rates in each area.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Wages.
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The best available indicator of the general purchasing power of money in this connection is the Consumer Price Index. Between mid-May, 1956, and mid-November, 1960 (the latest date for which the index has been calculated) the index rose by 10.4 per cent. The following statement shows (1) the weekly amounts which represent 110.4 per cent. of each of the minimum weekly rates specified for adults in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1956, and (2) the minimum weekly rates specified for adults in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) (No. 2) Order, 1960.
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Area and Age Group |
(1) |
(2) |
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Statutory minimum wage rates for adults adjusted in proportion to the change in the Consumer Price Index between mid-May, 1956 and mid-November, 1960 |
Statutory minimum wage rates specified for adults in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) (No. 2) Order, 1960 |
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Male Workers 21 years and over |
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s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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Group A areas |
117 |
0 |
119 |
0 |
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Group B areas |
110 |
5 |
113 |
0 |
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Group C areas |
104 |
11 |
108 |
0 |
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Female Workers 19 years and over |
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Dublin County |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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Borough and County of Dublin |
75 |
1 |
77 |
0 |
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County Kildare |
66 |
3 |
69 |
0 |