Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 Jul 1963

Vol. 204 No. 1

Written Answer. - Tractor Drivers on State Farms.

42.

Mr. Tully

asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state in respect of each of the experimental stations at (a) Abbotstown, County Dublin and (b) Backweston, County Kildare for each of the past four weeks (1) the number of tractors, (2) the number of workmen driving tractors, (3) the rate of wages, not including overtime, paid to each driver, and (4) the differential paid over and above the ordinary manual workers' rate.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Smith)

Following is a tabular statement giving the information required:

Abbotstown Farm	Number of Tractors	Number of workmen driving tractors	Rate of wages (excluding overtime) paid to each driver	Differential paid over and above the ordinary manual workers' rate*
			£	s.	d.
Week ending 7th June, 1963	6	6	8	5	0	15/-
,, ,, 14th ,, ,,	,,	,,	,,	,,
,, ,, 21st ,, ,,	,,	,,	,,	,,
,, ,, 28th ,, ,,	,,	,,	,,	,,
Backweston Farm
Week ending 7th June, 1963	7	6	,,	,,
,, ,, 14th,, ,,	,,	5	,,	,,
,, ,, 21st ,, ,,	,,	5	,,	,,
,, ,, 28th ,, ,,	,,	5	,,	,,

* The arrangement applies in the case of a farm labourer who is engaged for the greater part of the week on tractor-driving duties.