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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 9 Apr 1981

Vol. 328 No. 8

Written Answers. - Workers Pay and Conditions.

375.

asked the Minister for Finance if he will give in the form of a reply to a Parliamentary Question on 13 May 1975 the current rates of (a) subsistence and (b) travelling allowances for drivers of tankers, plant engineers and foremen.

The current rates of subsistence and travelling allowances for the grades in question are as follows:—

Subsistence Allowances

Category of Employee

Night or 24 hour Allowances

Rate Day Allowances

Remarks

Normal

Reduced

Detention

10 hours or more

5 hours but less than 10 hours

£

£

£

£

£

Normal rate is payable for the first seven nights of a visit of inspection and the first fourteen nights of a temporary transfer where a stay of not more than 14 nights is foreseen.

Engineer Grade I and II

21.59

19.90

10.80

8.22

3.36

Engineer Grade III

19.40

16.60

9.70

8.22

3.36

Foreman and Work Study Assessor

16.23

13.41

8.12

8.22

3.36

Detention rate is payable for the second 28 nights of a visit of inspection and the second fourteen nights of a temporary transfer.

Industrial Employees under the Grades of Foreman and Work Study Assessor (including Transport Drivers) Drivers

For an absence extending over the dinner interval £2.82

After the 28th night “Country Money” of £41.45 a week is payable Where it is foreseen that a temporary transfer will be of longer duration than 28 days Country Money is paid from the start in lieu of industrial subsistence rates.

£11.49 a night for 4th to 14th

For an absence extending beyond the limits imposed by the Conditions of Employment Act (5 hours) of the Road Traffic Act (5½ hours) whichever is appropriate £2.64

£7.62 a night for 4th to 14th

£5.75 a night for 15th to the 28th

Motor Mileage Rates for all Grades Inclusive rates per mile

Horse Power of car

Up to 2000

2001 to 4000

4001 to 6000

6001 to 8000

8001 to 12000

12001 and upwards

p

p

p

p

p

p

Under 10 hp

21.9

23.9

13.9

13.3

12.0

10.6

10 hp and under 12 hp

24.9

27.4

15.4

14.6

13.1

11.5

12 hp and over

29.1

31.9

17.8

16.9

15.0

13.2

Note: All the subsistence and mileage rates quoted above are being reviewed or will be reviewed in the current year and revisions decided on will have from the 1 June 1981.

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