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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 29 Oct 1968

Vol. 236 No. 9

Written Answers. - Local Authority Pay Proposals.

57.

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give details of service pay proposals submitted to him by local authorities for approval in expansion of a reply of 10th July, 1968; and his decision in each case, together with his decision on the Mayo proposal of 14th February, 1968.

Following is the information:

County Council

Nature of Proposal

Date proposal was received

Decision or other action

Cavan

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

30th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 4th October, 1968.

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Donegal

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st January, 1969 as follows:

7th October, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 7th October, 1968.

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Galway

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

23rd July, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 10th October, 1968.

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Kildare

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st October, 1968 as follows:

11th October, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 11th October, 1968.

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Limerick

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

12th August, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 15th August, 1968.

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Mayo

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

14th February, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 24th July, 1968

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Offaly

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

19th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 7th October, 1968.

2/6 per week after 5 years' service

5/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

7/6 ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

10/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

and with effect from 1st April, 1969 as follows:

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Tipperary (S.R.)

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

27th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 30th September, 1968

2/6 per week after 5 years' service

5/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

7/6 ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

10/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

and with effect from 1st April, 1969 as follows:

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Westmeath

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 as follows:

31st July, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 10th August, 1968

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

Wexford

To introduce a service pay scheme for roadworkers with effect from 1st October, 1968 as follows:

19th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned 23rd September, 1968

5/- per week after 5 years' service

10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,,

15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,,

20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,,

58.

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give details of wage proposals submitted to his Department in respect of road and allied workers employed by county councils and county borough councils, in expansion of a reply of 10th July, 1968; and his decision in each case, together with his decision on the Sligo proposal of 29th November, 1967 and the Tipperary proposals of 31st May, 1968 and 4th July, 1968.

The remuneration of roadworkers in County Borough Council areas is determined by the local authority having regard to the wage rates paid locally in what is regarded as employment of a comparable nature. With regard to County Councils the following is the information:—

County Council

Nature of Proposal

Date proposal was received

Decision or other action

Cavan

To increase the amount of the differential paid to roadworkers engaged on tarring operations to 4/-d. per day with effect from 1st April, 1968.

30th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 15th October, 1968.

Clare

To increase the wages of roadworkers on the basis of a two-year agreement covering the period up to 31st March, 1970 as follows:

10th July, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 9th September, 1968.

22/6d. per week from 1st April, 1968

10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st January, 1969

7/6d.,, ,,,, 1st July, 1969

Cork

(i) To increase the wages of road- workers on the basis of a three-year agreement covering the period up to 31st March, 1971, as follows:20/-d. per week from 1st April, 196815/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 196915/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1970

21st August, 1968

(i) Increase of 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968 and further increase of 15/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1969, sanctioned on 10th October, 1968.

(ii) To increase the wages of road- workers outside certain Electoral Divisions adjoining the County Borough by 7/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968.

(ii) Proposal sanctioned on 10th October, 1968.

Donegal

To increase the wages of road-workers on the basis of a two year agreement covering the period up to 31st March, 1970, as follows:

7th October, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 7th October, 1968.

25/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968

3/9d.,, ,,,, 1st October, 1968

15/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

Galway

To increase the wages of roadworkers as follows:

24th July, 1968

Increase of 20/-d. per week sanctioned

20/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968

on 29th July,

18/6d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

1968. Clarification of conditions attached to further phase of increase awaited.

Kerry

To increase the wages of roadworkers on the basis of a two-year agreement covering the period up to 31st March, 1970 as follows:

15th October, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 25th October, 1968.

20/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968

10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st October, 1968

10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

Kilkenny

To increase the wages of road- workers as follows:20/-d. per week from 1st April, 19682/6d.,, ,,,, 1st October, 1968

5th July, 1968

Proposal to pay 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968, sanctioned on 17th July 1968. Proposal to pay further increase of 2/6d. per week with effect from 1st October, 1968 sanctioned on 12th September, 1968.

Laois

(i) To increase the wages of road- workers on the basis of a two-year agreement covering the period up to 30th April, 1970, as follows:20/-d. per week from 1st April, 196815/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

30th May, 1968

(i) Proposal to pay 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968, sanctioned on 14th June, 1968. Proposal to pay 15/-d.

(ii) To increase the amount of the differential paid to carters over the rate paid to roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968, to the following rates:

per week with effect from 1st April, 1969, sanctioned on 12th September, 1968.

Horse & Cart 16/-d. per day Pony & Cart 11/-d. per day Donkey & Cart 8/-d. per day

12th June, 1968

(ii) Proposal sanctioned on 11th October, 1968.

Leitrim

To increase the wages of roadworkers by 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968

1st October, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 2nd October, 1968.

Limerick

To increase the wages of roadworkers by 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968

9th August, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 15th August, 1968

Mayo

To increase the wages of roadworkers by 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968.

11th July, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 24th July, 1968.

Meath

To increase the amount of the differential paid to carters over the rate paid to roadworkers with effect from 1st April, 1968 to 85/-d. per week

26th August, 1968

The payment of differentials to carters with effect from 1st April, 1968, sanctioned on 11th October, 1968 as follows: Horse and Cart 85/-d per week. Pony and Cart 62/6d. per week. Donkey and Cart 45/-d. per week.

Monaghan

To increase the differential paid to carters over the rate paid to road-workers with effect from 1st April, 1968, to 85/-d. per week

14th August, 1968

The payment of differentials to carters with effect from 1st April, 1968 sanctioned on 11th October, 1968 as follows: Horse and Cart 85/-d. Pony and Cart 62/6d. Donkey and Cart 45/-d.

Offaly

(i) To increase the wages of road-workers as follows:20/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968

19th September, 1968

(i) Proposals sanctioned on 7th October, 1968.

15/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

(ii) To increase the differentials paid to carters over the rate paid to road-workers with effect from 1st April, 1968, to the following amounts:

(ii) Proposal sanctioned on 11th October, 1968.

Horse and Cart 75/d. per week

Donkey and Cart 40/- ,, ,,

Sligo

To increase the wages of road- workers by 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968

6th August, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 8th August, 1968

Tipperary (NR)

To increase the wages of road-workers by 22/6d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968, and, subject to the conclusion of a mutually satisfactory productivity agreement, by a further 10/-d. per week from 14th October, 1968, 10/-d. per week from 1st April, 1969, and 10/-d. per week from October, 1969.

4th July, 1968

Increase of 22/6d. per week from 1st April, 1968, sanctioned on 16th September, 1968. Local authority informed that total increase proposed (52/6d.) appeared to be outside pattern of Eleventh Round wage increases and that further consideration would be deferred pending receipt of details of the productivity agreement referred to in the proposal.

Tipperary (SR)

To increase the wages of road- workers on the basis of a two-year agreement covering the period up to 31st March, 1970, as follows:

25th September, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 2nd October, 1968.

22/6d. per week from 1st April, 1968

17/6d. per week from 1st April, 1969

Westmeath

(i) To increase the wages of roadworkers by 20/-d. per week with effect from 1st April, 1968

31st July, 1968

(i) Proposal sanc- tioned on 20th August, 1968.

(ii) To increase the differentials paid to carters over the rates paid to road-workers with effect from 1st April, 1968, to 85/-d. per week irrespective of size of cart used

(ii) The payment of differentials to carters with effect from 1st April, 1968 sanctioned on 11th October, 1968, as follows:

(iii) To increase the amount of the differential paid to workers engaged on tarring and scavenging to 4/-d. per day with effect from 1st April, 1968

Horse and Cart 85/-d. per week Pony and Cart 62/6d. per week Donkey and Cart 45/-d. per week (iii) Proposal sanctioned on 11th October, 1968

Wicklow

To increase the wages of road- workers as follows:

29th July, 1968

Proposal sanctioned on 31st July, 1968

20/-d. per week from 1st April, 1968

7/6d.,, ,,,, from 1st October, 1968

7/6d.,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969

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