Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 23 Oct 1979

Vol. 316 No. 3

Written Answers. - Rates of Pay.

396.

Mr. Tully

asked the Taoiseach the weekly rates of pay, or estimated rates of pay, under the first phase of the 1979 National Understanding of agricultural workers, forestry workers and county council road workers, as at the proposed operative date of the employment regulation order for agricultural workers recently published by the Labour Court.

The Taoiseach

The following statement gives details for each county:

(a) the basic weekly rate of wages and the hourly equivalent of the basic weekly rate of wages paid to forestry workers for a 40-hour week. An incentive bonus is payable in addition to those rates, (b) weekly rates of wages and the hourly equivalent of the weekly rates—both excluding service pay—paid by county councils to road workers for a 40-hour week, (c) minimum weekly remuneration rates and the hourly equivalent of these rates payable to adult agricultural workers under the Employment Regulation Order (Agricultural Workers Joint Labour Committee) 1978, effective from 25 September 1978. These rates apply to a 40-hour week. No further such orders have been made since that date.

County	Forestry workers (a)	Road workers (b)*	Adult Agricultural workers (c)
Weekly Rate	Hourly Rate	Weekly Rate	Hourly Rate	Weekly Rate	Hourly Rate
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Carlow	57.55	1.44	60.06	1.50	49.86	1.25
Dublin	58.58	1.46	67.90†	1.70†	50.28	1.26
Kildare	58.04	1.45	58.23‡	1.46‡	49.86	1.25
Kilkenny	57.55	1.44	59.89	1.50	49.86	1.25
Laois	57.55	1.44	59.62	1.49	49.86	1.25
Longford	57.55	1.44	59.58	1.49	49.86	1.25
Louth	57.55	1.44	59.62	1.49	49.86	1.25
Meath	57.55	1.44	59.71	1.49	49.86	1.25
Offaly	57.55	1.44	59.64	1.49	49.86	1.25
Westmeath	57.55	1.44	59.57	1.49	49.86	1.25
Wexford	57.55	1.44	59.65	1.49	49.86	1.25
Wicklow	58.04	1.45	60.40	1.51	49.86(i)	1.25(i)
Clare	57.55	1.44	59.78	1.49	49.86	1.25
Cork	57.55	1.44	60.67	1.52	50.28(ii)	1.26(ii)
Kerry	57.55	1.44	58.95‡	1.47‡	49.86	1.25
Limerick	57.55	1.44	59.86	1.50	49.86	1.25
Tipperary NR	57.55	1.44	61.01	1.53	49.86	1.25
Tipperary SR	57.55	1.44	60.11	1.50	49.86	1.25
Waterford	57.55	1.44	59.63	1.49	49.86	1.25
Galway	57.55	1.44	59.64	1.49	49.86	1.25
Leitrim	57.55	1.44	59.72	1.49	49.86	1.25
Mayo	57.55	1.44	60.04	1.50	49.86	1.25
Roscommon	57.55	1.44	59.63	1.49	49.86	1.25
Sligo	57.55	1.44	59.72	1.49	49.86	1.25
Cavan	57.55	1.44	59.65	1.49	49.86	1.25
Donegal	57.55	1.44	60.48	1.51	49.86	1.25
Monaghan	57.55	1.44	59.85	1.50	49.86	1.25

* The first phase of the National Understanding 1979 came into operation in Cork County on 1 April, 1979.

†A special pay increase of £7.60 per week was awarded before commencement of the present pay agreement.

‡The rates quoted, with the exception of those marked ‡ are inclusive of the £1.50 Productivity Agreement which came into effect on 1 October, 1978.

(i) Rate of £50.28 per week (£1.26 per hour) in the Urban District of Bray.

(ii) Rate of £49.86 per week (£1.25 per hour) in the Western portion of the County as defined in the Employment Regulation Order (Agricultural Workers Joint Labour Committee), 1978.

397.

Mr. Tully

asked the Minister for Finance the pay increases, in addition to the national agreements 1978 and 1979, paid to the categories of drainage workers listed in a reply to a similar question of 22 May 1979 and the operative dates.

Minister for Finance (Mr. Colley)

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 Report.

The information requested is as follows:

Scheme	Grade	County Council Increase awarded Labour Court Rec. No. 4870 Effective from 1/3/78	Increase of Travelling Element in the wages Labour Court Rec. No. 4879 Effective from 1/8/78	Increase in Wages Labour Court Rec. No. 4960 Effective from 1/3/78	Award of Travelling Element in the wages Labour Court Rec. No. 5134 Effective from 1/3/79
Moy Scheme in Ballina and Castlebar Urban Districts.	Labourers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Drivers of Compressors, pumps, concrete mixers, Stonecrushers, locos.	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Tradesmen's Helpers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Drillers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Chargehands	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
Corrib Scheme in Galway Borough.	Labourers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
Rest of Moy and Corrib Schemes and all other schemes.	Labourers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Drivers of compressors, etc.	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Tradesmen's Helpers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Drillers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Chargehands	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Drivers of Trucks, Vans, Tractors and Dumpers.	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Special Heavy Vehicles	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Dozers	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	Excavator Drivers:
	(a) Trainees	£3.50	—	—	£5.00
	(b) Drivers in full charge of machines	£3.50	£1.08	—	—
	Gangers	£3.50	£1.08	—	—
	Foreman Grade III	—	—	—	—
	Foreman Grade II	—	—	—	—
	Foreman Grade I	—	—	—	—
	Works Clerks Storekeeper Clerks Work Study Assessors Grade III	———	———	£1.94 at first point of scale and varying upwards to £10.44 at top point.	———
	Assessor Grade I	—	—	—	—
	Assessor Grade II	—	—	—	—
	Watchman Night	—	—	—	—
	Day	—	—	—	—
	Boy Labourers	—	—	—	—
	Craftsmen	—	—	—	—

398.

Mr. Tully

asked the Minister for Finance the revised rates of pay of drainage workers under the national understanding 1979, and the amount of increase for each grade in the form of a reply to a similar question of 22 May 1979.

Minister for Finance (Mr. Colley)

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 Report.

The information requested is as follows:

Scheme	Grade	Current Rates including 1st Phase of National Understanding 1979 from 1st June 1979	Increase from 1st June 1979
Moy Scheme in Ballina and Castlebar Urban Districts	Labourers	£65.13	£5.50
	Drivers of compressors, pumps concrete mixers, stone crushers, locos	£66.17	£5.50
	Tradesmen's Helpers	£66.17	£5.50
	Drillers	£65.86	£5.50
	Chargehands	£65.86 to £69.58	£5.50 to £5.77
Corrib Scheme in Galway Borough	Labourers	£64.39	£5.50
Rest of Moy and Corrib Schemes and all other schemes	Labourers	£63.08	£5.50
	Drivers of compressors etc.	£64.21	£5.50
	Tradesmen's Helpers	£64.21	£5.50
	Drillers	£63.80	£5.50
	Chargehands	£63.80 to £67.61	£5.50 to £5.58
	Drivers of Trucks, Vans, Tractors and Dumpers	Up to £67.23	Up to £5.55
	Special Heavy Vehicles	Up to £73.46	Up to £6.07
	Dozers	Up to £75.73	Up to £6.25
	Excavator Drivers (a) Trainees	Up to £65.55	£5.50
	(b) Drivers in full charge of machines	£70.71 to £74.68	£5.84 to £6.17
	Gangers	Up to £75.47	Up to £6.23
	Foreman Grade III	£84.65—£88.89	£6.99—£7.34
	Foreman Grade II	£89.47—£93.64	£7.39—£7.74
	Foreman Grade I	£94.92—£99.04	£7.84—£8.17
	Works ClerksStorekeeper ClerksWork Study Assessors	£62.62—£78.94	£5.50—£6.52
	Grade III Assessor Grade I	£93.63	£7.73
	Assessor Grade II	£84.65—£89.47	£6.99—£7.39
	Watchmen Night	£8.64 per watch	£0.71 per watch
	Day	£8.46 per watch	£0.70 per watch
	Boy Labourers	From £25.23 to £50.46 depending on age	per footnote
	Craftsmen	£69.79 to £74.96 (effective from 1 April 1979)	£5.76 to £6.19

Note: Owing to a reassessment of payments to boy labourers the initial point of the scale suffered a decrease. However, the final point gained by £23.06.