asked the Taoiseach if he will furnish a table of rural workers wages (a) weekly and (b) hourly as at 21st April, 1969 in the form of a reply of 4th February, 1969.
Written Answer. - Rural Workers' Wages.
95.
The following statement gives for each county for 21st April, 1969 (a) the basic weekly time rates of wages paid to forestry workers and the hourly equivalent based on 43 working hours per week; (b) the minimum weekly rates payable to adult male agricultural workers under the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1969 and the hourly equivalent based on 50 working hours per week and (c) the weekly rates of wages paid by county councils to road labourers. Working hours for road labourers follow a seasonal pattern, which varies somewhat from county to county, and the particulars of hours worked at specific times of the year are not available to the Central Statistics Office. In the case of forestry workers an incentive bonus is payable in addition to the basic weekly time rate.
|
County |
(a) Forestry workers |
(b) Adult male agricultural workers |
(c) Road Labourers |
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|
Basic weekly time rate of wages |
Hourly equivalent rate |
Minimum weekly wage rate payable |
Hourly equivalent rate |
Weekly rate of wages |
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|
£ |
s. |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
Carlow |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
18 |
7 |
|
Dublin |
10 |
6 |
4 |
9½ |
12 |
0 |
4 |
9½ |
13 |
7 |
6 |
|
Kildare |
10 |
0 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
12 |
4 |
4 |
|
Kilkenny |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
3 |
6 |
|
Laoighis |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
16 |
0 |
|
Longford |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
0 |
6 |
|
Meath |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
1 |
6 |
|
Offaly |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
16 |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wexford |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
2 |
6 |
|
Wicklow |
10 |
0 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
12 (i) |
4 |
7 ¾ (i) |
10 |
16 |
6 |
|
Clare |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 (ii) |
4 |
6(ii) |
10 |
12 |
6 |
|
Cork |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 (iii) |
4 |
7¾ (iii) |
11 |
4 |
6 |
|
Kerry |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
10 |
2 |
6 |
|
Tipperary NR |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
6 |
0 |
|
Tipperary SR |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
3 |
6 |
|
Waterford |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
12 |
4 |
7¾ |
11 |
1 |
0 |
|
Galway |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Leitrim |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
|
Mayo |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
|
Roscommon |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
18 |
6 |
|
Sligo |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
|
Cavan |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
|
Donegal |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6½ |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
(i) Rate of £12 0s. per week or 4/9½ per hour in the Urban District of Bray;
(ii) Rate of £11 12s. per week or 4/7¾ per hour in the D.E.Ds. of Ballyglass and Cappavilla.
(iii) Rate of £12 0s. per week or 4/9½ per hour in Cork County Borough and certain D.E.Ds. adjacent to the city, and the Urban District of Cobh; rate of £11 5s. per week or 4/6 per hour in the Western portion of the County as defined in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1969.