asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the national average bonus earnings of forest workers for each month since January 1978.
Written Answers. - Forest Workers' Incomes.
294.
The hourly average bonus earnings of forest workers at all State forests are as follows:
|
January 1978 |
24.05p per hour |
|
February 1978 |
22.57p per hour |
|
March 1978 |
24.35p per hour |
|
April 1978 |
26.75p per hour |
|
May 1978 |
27.50p per hour |
|
June 1978 |
26.72p per hour |
|
July 1978 |
26.72p per hour |
|
August 1978 |
26.72p per hour |
|
September 1978 |
26.72p per hour |
|
October 1978 |
27.50p per hour |
|
November 1978 |
25.15p per hour |
|
December 1978 |
25.15p per hour |
Figures for 1979 are not yet available due to the postal dispute.
295.
asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the total pay increase made or proposed to be made to forest workers since the commencement of the national pay agreement, 1978 and the present rate of pay.
Pay increases made to forest workers since the commencement of the national pay agreement 1978 are as follows:
|
1st March 1978 |
8% increase |
|
1st March 1978 |
£3.50 per week increase |
|
1st March 1979 |
2% increase |
The increase of £3.50 at 1 March 1978 was the result of a Labour Court recommendation in December 1978 retrospective to 1 March.
Particulars of current rates of pay are as follows:
|
Machine Operators |
Rate of weekly pay from 1 March 1979 |
|
Low Loader |
£66.66 |
|
Lorry (up to 3 tons) |
£61.58 |
|
Lorry (3 to 6 tons) |
£62.13 |
|
Lorry (6 to 7 tons) |
£62.64 |
|
Land Rover |
£61.09 |
|
Tractors (wheeled) |
£55.75 |
|
Tractors (plough) |
£58.29 |
|
Tractors (dozer) |
£60.39 |
|
Forest Workers |
|
|
County Dublin |
£53.08 |
|
Counties Kildare/ Wicklow |
£52.54 |
|
Rest of country |
£52.05 |
|
Bonus per hour |
|
|
Existing |
30p @ 100% |
|
National Average at 1 January 1979 |
25.82p @ 98% |
|
(Latest figure available due to postal dispute). |