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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Oct 1978

Vol. 308 No. 6

Written Answers. - Workers' Pay.

452.

asked the Taoiseach the pay of forestry workers, county council road workers, and agricultural workers in each council, in the form of a reply of 18 October 1977.

The following statement gives for each county, (a) the basic weekly rate of wages and the hourly equivalent of the basic weekly rate of wages paid to forestry workers for a 40-hour week. An incentive bonus is payable in addition to those rates, (b) weekly rates of wages and the hourly equivalent of the weekly rates (both excluding service pay) paid by County Councils to road workers for a 40-hour week, (c) minimum weekly remuneration rates and the hourly equivalent of these rates payable to adult agricultural workers under the Employment Regulation Order (Agricultural Workers Joint Labour Committee) 1978, effective from 25 September, 1978. These rates apply to a 42½ hour week.

County

Forestry workers (a)

Road workers (b)*

Adult Agricultural workers (c)

Weekly

Hourly

Weekly

Hourly

Weekly

Hourly

Rate

Rate

Rate

Rate

Rate

Rate

£

£

£

£

£

£

Carlow

47.53

1.19

51.99

1.30

46.92

1.10

Dublin

48.54

1.21

53.62*

1.34

47.33

1.11

Kildare

48.01

1.20

50.70

1.27

46.92

1.10

Kilkenny

47.53

1.19

51.82

1.30

46.92

1.10

Laoighis

47.53

1.19

51.59

1.29

46.92

1.10

Longford

47.53

1.19

51.52

1.29

46.92

1.10

Louth

47.53

1.19

51.56

1.29

46.92

1.10

Meath

47.53

1.19

51.56

1.29

46.92

1.10

Offaly

47.53

1.19

51.65

1.29

46.92

1.10

Westmeath

47.53

1.19

51.51

1.29

46.92

1.10

Wexford

47.53

1.19

51.59

1.29

46.92

1.10

Wicklow

48.01

1.20

52.32

1.31

46.92(i)

1.10(i)

Clare

47.53

1.19

51.72

1.29

46.92

1.10

Cork

47.53

1.19

52.59

1.31

47.33(ii)

1.11(ii)

Kerry

47.53

1.19

52.40

1.31

46.92

1.10

Limerick

47.53

1.19

51.80

1.30

46.92

1.10

Tipperary NR

47.53

1.19

52.92

1.32

46.92

1.10

Tipperary SR

47.53

1.19

52.04

1.30

46.92

1.10

Waterford

47.53

1.19

51.57

1.29

46.92

1.10

Galway

47.53

1.19

51.58

1.29

46.92

1.10

Leitrim

47.53

1.19

51.66

1.29

46.92

1.10

Mayo

47.53

1.19

51.97

1.30

46.92

1.10

Roscommon

47.53

1.19

51.57

1.29

46.92

1.10

Sligo

47.53

1.19

51.65

1.29

46.92

1.10

Cavan

47.53

1.19

51.59

1.29

46.92

1.10

Donegal

47.53

1.19

48.90*

1.22

46.92

1.10

Monaghan

47.53

1.19

48.28*

1.21

46.92

1.10

(i) Rate of £47.33 per week (£1.11 per hour) in the Urban District of Bray.

(ii) Rate of £46.92 per week (£1.10 per hour) in the Western portion of the County as defined in the Employment Regulation Order (Agricultural Workers Joint Labour Committee), 1978.

* In the case of Road Workers the rates quoted, with the exception of those marked * are inclusive of the £3.50 Relativity Award.

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