asked the Minister for Local Government the annual cost of increasing the remuneration of all persons employed in local authorities throughout the country by twelve per cent.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Pay Increase to Local Authority Staffs.
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The total remuneration of the staffs of local authorities, other than vocational education committees and county committees of agriculture, in respect of the year ended the 31st March, 1963, the most recent period for which figures are available, was £23,151,668. Twelve per cent of that total amounts to approximately £2,778,200.