asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the existing number of joint labour committees operating within the ambit of the Labour Court; and the type of industry and the classification and number of workers covered by each committee concerned.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Joint Labour Committees.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
LIST of Joint Labour Committees.
Joint Labour Committee |
Area Covered |
Classes of Workers |
Number of Workers* |
1. Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling. |
Whole |
General Workers |
1,800 |
2. Boot and Shoe Repairing |
,, |
Operatives and Learners |
520 |
3. Brush and Broom |
,, |
Operatives and General Workers. |
400 |
4. Button-Making |
,, |
General Workers |
220 |
5. Creameries |
,, |
Maintenance Mechanics, Fitters, Buttermakers, Cheesemakers, Enginemen, Firemen, Boilermen and other General Workers. |
2,800 |
6. General Waste Materials Reclamation. |
,, |
General Workers |
470 |
7. Handkerchief and House- hold Piece Goods. |
,, |
Females only. General Workers and Learners. |
500 |
8. Law Clerks |
,, |
Managing Clerks, Conveyancing Clerks, Cost Clerks, General Clerks, Typists, Shorthand-Typists and Book-keepers. |
1,450 |
9. Messengers |
Cork City |
Messengers |
500 |
10. Messengers |
Dublin City and Dún Laoghaire |
,, |
2,500 |
11. Messengers |
Limerick City. |
,, |
300 |
12. Messengers |
Waterford City. |
,, |
150 |
13. Packing |
Whole State |
General Workers and Learners. |
1,270 |
14. Provender Milling |
Whole State |
General Workers |
1,500 |
15. Shirtmaking |
,, |
Cutters and other General Workers and Learners. |
2,700 |
16. Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving. |
,, |
General Workers and Learners. |
6,300 |
17. Tailoring |
Whole State |
Cutters, Machinists and |
5,000 |
other General Workers |
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and Learners. |
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18. Tobacco |
,, |
General Workers |
1,600 |
19. Women's Clothing and Millinery |
,, |
Cutters, Machinists and other General Workers and Learners. |
7,900 |
20. Hairdressing |
— |
Male and female workers employed in ladies and gents' hairdressing in the County and County Borough of Dublin, the Borough of Dú Laoghaire and the Urban District of Bray. |
These two Committees are the most recently established and particulars of the number of workers are not yet available |
21. Hotels |
— |
Male and female workers employed throughout the State except the County Boroughs of Dublin and Cork and the Borough of Dú Dun Laoghaire. |
* The figures in this column are for 1964, the most recent year for which figures are available.