asked the Taoiseach if he will state in the form of a reply of 21st July 1971 the present hours of work and wages of forestry workers, road workers and farm workers.
Written Answers. - Workers Wages.
190.
The following statement gives for each county the present (a) basic weekly time rate of wages paid to forestry workers for a 41 hour week; (b) weekly rates of wages (excluding service pay) paid by county councils to road labourers together with the average weekly hours for the year as at 1st April, 1971, the latest date available, and (c) minimum weekly rates payable to adult male agricultural workers under the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1972. These rates apply to a 44 hour week in the period November to February inclusive and to a 50 hour week during the remainder of the year. In the case of forestry workers an incentive bonus is payable in addition to the basic weekly time rates.
|
County |
Forestry workers |
Road Labourers |
Adult male agricultural workers |
|
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
||
|
£ |
£ |
Hours |
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
18.20 |
18.73 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Dublin |
18.75 |
21.08 |
40 |
18.20 |
|
Kildare |
18.45 |
18.99 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Kilkenny |
18.20 |
18.62 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Laoighis |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Longford |
18.20 |
18.45 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Louth |
18.20 |
18.47 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Meath |
18.20 |
18.54 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Offaly |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Westmeath |
18.20 |
18.45 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Wexford |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Wicklow |
18.45 |
18.90 |
42½ |
17.80 (i) |
|
Clare |
18.20 |
18.57 |
42½ |
17.45(ii) |
|
Cork |
18.20 |
18.39 |
42½ |
17.80 (iii) |
|
Kerry |
18.20 |
18.95 |
41¼ |
17.45 |
|
Limerick |
18.20 |
18.60 |
41½ |
17.80 |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
18.20 |
19.25 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
18.20 |
18.75 |
41¼ |
17.80 |
|
Waterford |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.80 |
|
Galway |
18.20 |
18.52 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Leitrim |
18.20 |
18.53 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Mayo |
18.20 |
18.70 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Roscommon |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Sligo |
18.20 |
18.54 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Cavan |
18.20 |
18.50 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Donegal |
18.20 |
18.95 |
42½ |
17.45 |
|
Monaghan |
18.20 |
18.57 |
42½ |
17.45 |
(i) Rate of £18.20 per week in the Urban District of Bray.
(ii) Rate of £17.80 per week in the D.E.D.s of Ballyglass and Cappavilla.
(iii) Rate of £18.20 per week in Cork County Borough and certain D.E.D.s adjacent to the city and the Urban District of Cobh; rate of £17.45 per week in the Western portion of the County as defined in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1972.