asked the Taoiseach the current rates of pay of forestry workers, agricultural workers and roadworkers in the form of a reply to a question of 13th July, 1972.
Written Answers. - Wage Rates.
446.
The following statement gives for each county the present (a) basic weekly time rate of wages paid to forestry workers for a 40-hour week (b) weekly rates of wages, excluding service pay, paid by county councils to road labourers for a 40-hour-week and (c) minimum weekly rates payable to adult male agricultural workers under the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1974. These rates apply to a 44-hour week in the period November to February inclusive and to a 50-hour week during the remainder of the year. In the case of forestry workers an incentive bonus is payable in addition to the basic weekly time rates.
|
County |
Forestry workers |
Road Labourers |
Adult male agricultural workers |
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
25.08 |
25.68 |
24.80 |
|
Dublin |
25.70 |
28.35 |
25.20 |
|
Kildare |
25.36 |
27.75 |
24.80 |
|
Kilkenny |
25.08 |
25.56 |
24.80 |
|
Laoighis |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.80 |
|
Longford |
25.08 |
25.36 |
24.45 |
|
Louth |
25.08 |
25.40 |
24.80 |
|
Meath |
25.08 |
25.46 |
24.80 |
|
Offaly |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.80 |
|
Westmeath |
25.08 |
25.36 |
24.80 |
|
Wexford |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.80 |
|
Wicklow |
25.36 |
25.88 |
24.80(i) |
|
Clare |
25.08 |
25.51 |
24.45(ii) |
|
Cork |
25.08 |
25.84 |
24.80(iii) |
|
Kerry |
25.08 |
25.93 |
24.45 |
|
Limerick |
25.08 |
25.54 |
24.80 |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
25.08 |
26.27 |
24.80 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
25.08 |
25.70 |
24.80 |
|
Waterford |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.80 |
|
Galway |
25.08 |
25.43 |
24.45 |
|
Leitrim |
25.08 |
25.45 |
24.45 |
|
Mayo |
25.08 |
25.65 |
24.45 |
|
Roscommon |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.45 |
|
Sligo |
25.08 |
25.46 |
24.45 |
|
Cavan |
25.08 |
25.42 |
24.45 |
|
Donegal |
25.08 |
25.93 |
24.45 |
|
Monaghan |
25.08 |
25.53 |
24.45 |
(i) Rate of £25.20 per week in the Urban District of Bray.
(ii) Rate of £24.80 per week in the D. E. D.s of Ballyglass and Cappavilla.
(iii) Rate of £25.20 per week in Cork County Borough and certain D.E.D.s adjacent to the city and the Urban District of Cobh; rate of £24.45 per week in the Western portion of the County as defined in the Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1974.