asked the Minister for Lands the average working hours of forestry workers and of Land Commission workers.
Ceisteanna—Questions (Resumed). - Forestry and Land Commission Workers.
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It is assumed that the question concerns outdoor workers only. Following are the actual working hours of Land Commission and Forestry workers.
Building Workers |
42½ hours per week |
Gangers, Labourers, Well-drillers in Land Commission. Leading Workers, Forest workers andoperators in Forestry Division |
45 hours per week |
Estate workers in the Land Commission—herds, caretakers, etc.—are also employed, the majority on a parttime basis, but their work does not lend itself to a rigid definition of hours. Generally full-time herds work 50 hours per week in summer and 44 hours per week in winter.