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.
Written Answers. - Local Authority Pay Proposals.
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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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5/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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7/6 ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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and with effect from 1st April, 1969 as follows: |
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5/- per week after 5 years' service |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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5/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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7/6 ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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and with effect from 1st April, 1969 as follows: |
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5/- per week after 5 years' service |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/- ,, ,, ,,10 ,,,, |
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15/- ,, ,, ,,15 ,,,, |
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20/- ,, ,, ,,20 ,,,, |
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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 |
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10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st January, 1969 |
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7/6d.,, ,,,, 1st July, 1969 |
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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. |
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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 |
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3/9d.,, ,,,, 1st October, 1968 |
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15/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969 |
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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, |
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18/6d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969 |
1968. Clarification of conditions attached to further phase of increase awaited. |
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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 |
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10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st October, 1968 |
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10/-d. ,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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(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. |
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Horse and Cart 75/d. per week |
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Donkey and Cart 40/- ,, ,, |
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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 |
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17/6d. per week from 1st April, 1969 |
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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: |
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(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 |
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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 |
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7/6d.,, ,,,, from 1st October, 1968 |
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7/6d.,, ,,,, 1st April, 1969 |