Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 16 Jul 1946

Vol. 102 No. 7

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trade Union Tribunal.

Mr. Larkin (Junior)

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state: (i) the total sum paid by way of salaries, fees and allowances to the chairman, the registrar and other members and officials of the Trade Union Tribunal, appointed under Part III of the Trade Union Act, 1941; (ii) the total expenses of the tribunal to date including the payments to the chairman and other members and officials; (iii) the number of occasions on which the tribunal sat; (iv) the number of applications for sole determinations presented to the tribunal; (v) the number of such applications which were granted, the names of the unions making these applications and the names of those resisting them; and (vi) the expenditure on law costs, including a provision for costs not finally ascertained, arising out of the activities of the tribunal.

Mr. Lemass

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Reports.

The statement is as follows:—(i) The total sum paid by way of salaries, fees and allowances to the chairman, the registrar and other members and officials of the Trade Union Tribunal is £282 for the period that the tribunal was in operation; (ii) the other expenses of the tribunal, such as the cost of advertisements, etc., were borne as part of the ordinary expenditure of the Department, and it would not be possible to segregate the figures for the tribunal without an expenditure of time which would not be justified; (iii) the tribunal sat on 25 occasions; (iv) 12 applications were made to the tribunal for sole determinations; (v) the following are particulars of the applications:—

No.	Name of Union	Tribunal Decision	Name of Union resisting application
1	Dublin Master Victuallers' Association.	Refused	Federated Union of Employers.
2	Irish Bakers', Confectioners' and Allied Workers' Amalgamated Union.	Application withdrawn.	Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.
	Irish Union of Distributive Worker and Clerks.
	Irish Women Workers' Union.
	Federated Union of Employers.
	Irish Automobile Drivers' and Automobile Mechanics' Union.
3	Irish Railwaymen's Union	Refused	National Union of Railwaymen.
		Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union.
		Amalgamated Engineering Union.
		Irish Engineering and Foundry Union.
		Irish Engineering Industrial Union.
		Irish Trade Union Congress.
		Irish Automobile Drivers' and Automobile Mechanics' Union.
4	Irish Automobile Drivers' and Automobile Mechanics' Union.	Application withdrawn.	—
5	Cork Grocers' and Allied Trades Assistants' Association.	Refused	Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.
6	Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (Male Clerical Workers in Dublin United Transport Co., Ltd.)	Granted	Railway Clerks' Association.
7	Irish Book Binders' and Allied Trades Union.	Granted	Irish Women Workers' Union.
		Dublin Master Printers' and Allied Trades Union.
		Irish Master Printers' Association.
		Manchester Typographical Society.
8	Building Workers' Trade Union.	Granted	Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union.
9	Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (workers in the road passenger services of C.I.E.).	Hearing adjourned pending a decision of the High Court in the matter.	National Union of Railwaymen.
	Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union.
10	Operative Plasterers' Trade Society of Dublin.	Application not proceeded with.	—
11	United Stationary Engine Drivers' Trade Union.	Application not proceeded with.	—
12	Dublin Master Victuallers' Association (2nd Application.	Application not proceeded with.	—

(vi) It is not possible at present to give any particulars of the expenditure on law costs arising out of the activities of the Trade Union Tribunal.