Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Jan 1975

Vol. 277 No. 4

Written Answers. - Non-Craftsmen Employees.

153.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for Defence if, in respect of the specific category of non-craftsmen civilian employees referred to in a reply of 3rd December, 1974, he will give particulars of weekly pay inincreases under the national wage agreement, 1974 as follows: (a) the pre-1974 agreement rate (b) the first phase (c) the second phase (d) the present rate and its operative date and (e) the estimated threshold increase.

Minister for Defence (Mr. Donegan)

The information sought by the Deputy is shown in the following table.

EMPLOYEES WHOSE PRESENT RATE OF PAY INCLUDES "THRESHOLD" INCREASE.

Category	Pre 1974 Agreement Rate	First Phase	Second Phase	“Threshold” Increase	Present rate	Operative date of present rate
	per week	per week	per week	per week	per week
Classes paid Building Trade Labourers' Rate, or a differential over that rate:
Dublin City and Dublin County	£27.10	£3.05	£1.81	£3.20	£35.25	1 January, 1975
Curragh Training Camp	£26.20	£2.96	£1.76	£3.10	£34.02	do.
Kildare Town and Naas	£25.48	£3.64 (a)	£1.76	£3.09	£33.97	do.
Cork City, Ballincollig, Haulbowline, Cork Harbour Forts, Spike Island	£27.19	£3.05	£1.81	£3.20	£35.25	do.
Bere Island, Fermoy and Kilworth	£25.98	£4.26 (a)	£1.81	£3.20	£35.25	do.
Limerick and Knockalisheen	£26.98	£3.26 (a)	£1.81	£3.20	£35.25	do.
Galway	£26.23	£3.38 (a)	£1.78	£3.14	£34.53	do.
Gormanston and Dundalk	£26.61	£3.00	£1.78	£3.14	£34.53	do.
Kilkenny	£26.55	£3.06 (a)	£1.78	£3.14	£34.53	do.
Coolmoney Camp, Clonmel, Mullingar, Athlone	£26.36	£2.98	£1.77	£3.11	£34.22	do.
Tralee	£26.16	£2.96	£1.76	£3.09	£33.97	do.
Lahinch, Finner Camp, Rockhill, Fort Dunree, Longford, Lifford	£25.88	£3.24 (a)	£1.76	£3.09	£33.97	do.
(a) Contains element for narrowing of Building Trade area differentials.
Employees whose pay is varied in accordance with adjustments in Building Trade rates but who are paid less than building
Labourers:
Pioneer (Dublin City)	£26.37	£2.98	£1.77	£3.11	£34.23	1st January 1975
Pioneer (Cork City)	£26.11	£2.95	£1.76	£3.08	£33.90	”
Pioneer (Limerick City)	£25.88	£2.93	£1.75	£3.06	£33.62	”
Sacristan	£25.33	£2.88	£1.73	£2.99	£32.93	”
Caretaker (Arbour Hill)	£24.89	£2.84	£1.71	£2.94	£32.38	”
Labourer (Medical Corps)	£26.07	£2.95	£1.76	£3.08	£33.86	”
Helper (Medical Corps)	£26.37	£2.98	£1.77	£3.11	£34.23	”
Labourer (Barrack Service Workshops)	£25.13	£2.86	£4.06*	£3.20	£35.25	”
	*includes increase from 1st July 1974 under Clause 18 of National Agreement 1974
Naval Dockyard (Shipbuilding) Employees:
Riggers	£28.80	£3.19	£1.87	£3.39	£37.25
Labourer	£27.68	£3.09	£1.83	£3.26	£35.86	”
Trades Helper (b)	£28.88	£3.09	£1.83	£3.26	£37.06	”
		(b) Paid a differential of £1.20 per week over labourers' rate
Crew Members:
3rd Engineers	£30.68	£3.34	£1.96	£3.60	£39.58	”
Leading Stokers	£28.96	£3.21	£1.89	£3.41	£37.47	”
Seaman	£27.40	£3.07	£1.82	£3.23	£35.52	”
Carter, Kilworth	£26.88	£3.02	£1.80	£3.17	£34.87	”
Pioneers (other than in Dublin, Cork and Limerick cities), Ballincollig, Fermoy and Kilworth	£23.68	£2.73	£1.66	£2.81	£30.88	”
Haulbowline and Spike Island	£23.93	£2.76	£1.67	£2.84	£31.20	”
Hospital Domestic Staff:
Wardsmaids (Cork)	£19.32 to £20.10	£2.54 to £2.62	£2.04 to £2.09	£2.39 to £2.48	£26.29 to £27.29	”
Watchmen Haulbowline	£24.37	£3.02	£2.32	£29.71	1 December 1974	£2.97
Pioneers:
Gormanston	£23.11	£2.90	£2.25	£28.26	”	£2.83
Kilkenny	£24.04	£2.99	£2.30	£29.33	”	£2.93
Athlone	£24.74	£3.05	£2.34	£30.13	”	£3.01
Mullingar	£23.54	£2.94	£2.27	£28.75	”	£2.88
Galway	£24.89	£3.07	£2.34	£30.30	”	£3.03
Clonmel	£24.01	£2.98	£2.30	£29.29	”	£2.93
Caretakers (other than Arbour Hill)
Magazine Fort	£23.85	£2.97	£2.29	£29.11	”	£2.91
Ballincollig	£23.66	£2.95	£2.28	£28.89	”	£2.89
Waterford and Dun Ui Mheachair	£23.56	£2.94	£2.28	£28.78	”	£2.88
Cavan, Wexford, Fort Duncannon, Dun Teampaill Bríde, Nenagh, Knocka- lisheen, Carnagh, Castlebar	£23.30	£2.02	£2.26	£28.48	”	£2.85
Herds:
Glen of Imaal	£23.40	£2.93	£2.27	£28.60	”	£2.86
Land Stewards:
Baldonnel	£24.34	£3.01	£2.31	£29.66	”	£2.97
Kilworth Camp	£23.40	£2.93	£2.27	£28.60	”	£2.86
Head Bailiff, Curragh	£27.67	£3.32	£2.50	£33.49	”	£3.35
Under Bailiffs, Curragh	£24.44	£3.02	£2.33	£29.79	”	£2.98
Rangewardens:
Ticknock	£23.82	£2.97	£2.29	£29.08	”	£2.91
Kilbride, Kilpeddar, Cahir, Kinsale, Youghal, Dundalk, Three Castles and Templemore	£23.40	£2.93	£2.27	£28.60	”	£2.86
Tralee, Oranmore and Carnagh	£23.04	£2.89	£2.25	£28.18	”	£2.82
Chefs:
Dublin, Baldonnel and Curragh	26.01	£3.17	£2.41	£31.59	1st December, 1974	£3.16
Athlone	£24.07	£2.99	£2.30	£29.36	”	£2.94
Waiters:
Dublin City (Boarded)	£24.03	£2.99	£2.30	£29.32	”	£2.93
Baldonnel and Curragh	£24.70	£3.05	£2.34	£30.09	”	£3.01
Athlone	£22.85	£2.88	£2.24	£27.97	”	£2.80
Kitchen and Mess Helpers (Dublin and Baldonnel):
Male Workers (Under 16 years to 21 years and over)	£9.65 to £23.00	£3.46 (c) to £3.21 (c)	£1.13 to £2.26	£14.24 to £28.47	”	£1.42 to £2.85
Female Workers (18 years and over)	£17.75	£1.08 (c)	£1.90	£20.73	”	£2.07
	Kitchen and Mess Helpers other than in Dublin and Baldonnel are not due Phase 1 of National Agreement 1974 until 1st February, 1975.
	(c) includes increase from 1st November, 1974 under Clause 18 of National Agreement, 1974
Hospital Domestic Staff, Curragh:
Female Cooks	£21.13 to £21.71	£2.72 to £2.77	£2.14 to £2.18	£25.99 to £26.66	1st December 1974	£2.60 to £2.67
Maids	£20.80	£2.68	£2.13	£25.61	”	£2.56
Wardmaids	£20.59	£2.66	£2.12	£25.37	”	£2.54
Dark Room Attendant, St. Bricin's Hospital	£27.30	£3.06	£1.81	£32.17	1st January, 1975	£3.22
Classes whose pay is adjusted in accordance with increases granted in the Civil Service:
Messengers	£25.48 to £27.25	£3.12 to £3.29	£2.38 to £2.47	£30.98 to £33.01	1st December 1974	£3.10 to £3.30
Clerks Grade II Dublin	£27.61 to £31.10	£3.32 to £3.57	£2.50 to £2.68	£33.43 to £37	”	£3.34 to £3.74
” ”II elsewhere	£26.63 to £30.47	£3.23 to £3.52	£2.44 to £2.65	£32.30 to £36.64	”	£3.23 to £3.66
” ”III Dublin	£22.62 to £29.90	£2.85 to £3.48	£2.23 to £2.62	£27.70 to £36.00	”	£2.77 to £3.60 £2.77 to £3.60
” ”III elsewhere	£22.15 to £29.33	£2.81 to £3.44	£2.20 to £2.58	£27.16 to £35.35	”	£2.72 to £3.54 £2.72 to £3.54
Typists	£19.87 to £22.31	£2.60 to £2.82	£2.08 to £2.21	£24.55 to £27.34	”	£2.46 to £2.73
Shorthand Typists and Clerk Typists	£20.70 to £23.51	£2.67 to £2.94	£2.12 to £2.28	£25.49 to £28.73	”	£2.55 to £2.87
Costing Clerks	£32.80	£3.69	£2.77	£39.26	”	£3.93
Estimating and Costing Clerks	£33.52	£3.75	£2.81	£40.08	”	£4.01
Draughtsmen (23 years of age and over)	£25.43 to £34.97	£3.12 to £3.85	£4.95 (d) to £10.42 (d)	£33.50 to £49.24	”	£3.35 to £4.92
Draughtsmen (Under 23 years of age)	£22.31 to £24.39	£2.82 to £3.02	£3.65 (d) to £4.51 (d)	£28.78 to £31.92	”	£2.88 to £3.19
Female Cleaners	£19.66	£2.58	£2.07	£24.31	”	£2.43
	(d) includes increase from 1st August, 1974 under Clause 18 of National Agreement 1974
Bath House Attendants:
Dublin and Cork	£20.02	£2.61	£2.09	£24.72	1st December, 1974	£2.47
Curragh, Limerick, Athlone and Kilkenny	£19.76	£2.59	£2.07	£24.42	”	£2.44
Telephone Operators:
Dublin (at or under 20 years of age)	£21.91	£2.79	£2.19	£26.89	1st December, 1974	£2.69
Dublin (at 25 years of age and over)	£27.21	£3.28	£2.47	£32.96	”	£3.30
Kildare	£27.47	£3.31	£2.49	£33.27	”	£3.33
Curragh	£24.39	£3.02	£2.33	£29.74	”	£2.97
Haulbowline	£26.89	£3.25	£2.46	£32.60	”	£3.26
Chefs:
Cork and Limerick	£24.90	£3.07		£27.97	27th July, 1974	£3.03
Waiters:
Cork (Boarded)	£22.79	£2.87 (e)		£25.66	”	£2.79
Cork (Boarded and Accommodated)	£22.48	£2.84 (e)		£25.32	”	£2.75
	(e) Second Phase is not due until 27th January 1975 and will amount to £2.35 per week £2.24 per week and £2.22 per week respectively for the above employees
Hospital Domestic Staff, St. Bricin's Hospital:
Female Cook	£22.29	£2.61 (f)		£24.90	1st August, 1974	£2.65
Maids and Wardsmaids	£21.77	£2.56 (f)	—	£24.33	”	£2.59
	(f) Second phase is not due until 1st February, 1975 and will amount to £1.60 per week and £1.57 per week respectively for the above employees.

	Rate 1st January, 1974	Increase 1st July, 1974	Increase 1st December, 1974	Present Rate	Operative date of Present Rate	Estimated “Threshold” Increase
	per week	per week	per week	per week		per week
*Road and Sanitary Supervisor, Curragh	£31.82	£3.44	£0.75	£36.01	1st December, 1974	£3.60
*Roads Labourers, Curragh	£25.77	£2.64	£0.75	£29.16	”	£2.92
*Labourer, Cavalry Corps, Curragh	£25.99	£2.67	£0.75	£29.41	”	£2.94
*Pioneers, Curragh, Kildare and Naas	£25.67	£2.63	£0.75	£29.05	”	£2.91
*Rangewarden, Curragh	£26.24	£2.70	£0.75	£29.69	”	£2.97
	*Rates of pay varied in accordance with special adjustments made in the pay of Road-workers and Allied Grades employed by Kildare County Council.