asked the Minister for the Public Service the special pay awards agreed to in the public service sector over the past six months; the categories of workers to which these awards have been made; the amount of the awards in each case; and the reasons on which the granting of the awards were based.
Written Answers. - Pay Awards.
501.
The question has been taken to cover the period since 1 January 1982. The public service sector has been taken to comprise those groups covered by the heading of Public Service Remuneration in Table 3 of the Pre-Budget Tables 1982, viz. the Civil Service, Defence Forces, Garda Síochána, Teachers and all staff in the Health Services.
The information requested is as follows:
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Category of workers to which awards have been made |
Amount of the awards |
Reasons therefor |
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1. |
Traffic Wardens in the Dublin Metropolitan Area |
£3.50 per week, on average |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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2. |
Craftsmen, Health Services |
£3.15 per week |
Conciliation Settlement |
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3. |
District Medical Officers, Health Boards |
25% increase on pay |
Arbitration Report |
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4. |
Health Inspectors, Health Boards |
19.2% increase on pay |
Arbitration Report |
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5. |
Hospital Pharmacists |
26-35% increase on pay |
Arbitration Report |
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6. |
Resident Medical Superintendents, Health Boards |
9% increase on pay |
Arbitration Report |
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7. |
Non-consultant Hospital Doctors |
8% increase on pay |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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8. |
Non-nursing Personnel St. Laurence's Hospital |
£2,325 lump sum |
Conciliation Settlement |
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9. |
County Home Medical Officers |
£1,000 per annum allowance |
Arbitration Report |
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10. |
Psychiatric Nurses |
£1 increase in Saturday Premium |
Conciliation Settlement |
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11. |
Part-time Prison Chaplains |
25% |
Special Review |
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12. |
Certain Higher Departmental and Professional Civil Service Grades |
Adjustments ranging from 2%—27% at maximum of scale |
Report No. 27 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector |
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13. |
Craftsmen in Government Departments, Universities and Vocational Education Committees |
£3.15 per week |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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14. |
Office Machine Mechanics |
£5 per week |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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15. |
Technicians in Universities, Vocational Education Committees and Regional Technical Colleges |
Various lump sum payments depending on length of service |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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16. |
Technicians in Colleges of Education |
Phase (1) 5% plus £308 per annum, Phase (2) 24% |
Conciliation Settlement |
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17. |
Female Factory Workers in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs |
£3.50 per week |
Conciliation Settlement |
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18. |
Civilian Clerks and Typists in the Department of Defence |
£9.50—£12 per week. |
Conciliation Settlement |
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19. |
Attendants, Cork Regional Technical College |
£7—£12 per week |
Conciliation Settlement |
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20. |
Domestic Staff in the Munster Institute, Cork |
£5 per week |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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21. |
Plant Maintenance Staff Thomond College |
£10—£40 per week |
Labour Court Recommendation |
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22. |
Principals of Regional Technical Colleges |
£1,000—£2,000 per annum |
Conciliation Settlement |
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23. |
Garda Sergeants and Inspectors |
£370 per annum increase in allowance for Weights and Measures inspection duties |
Arbitration Report |
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Min. |
Max. |
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24. |
Ship Inspector |
10.2% |
— |
14% |
Conciliation Settlement |
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25. |
Senior Ship Inspector |
14% |
— |
14% |
do |
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26. |
Senior Field Assistant |
9.58% |
— |
9.59% |
do |
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27. |
Pig Progeny Assistant |
8.2% |
— |
9.58% |
do |
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28. |
Field Assistant |
8.2% |
— |
9.58% |
do |
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29. |
Seed Analyst |
10.44% |
— |
20.8% |
do |
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30. |
Serological Assistant |
14.9% |
— |
16.4%* |
do |
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31. |
Supervising Serological Asst. |
16.15% |
— |
16.98%* |
do |
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32. |
Senior Serological Assistant. |
16.98% |
— |
17.39%* |
do |
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33. |
Record Attendant |
10.21% |
— |
14.02% |
do |
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34. |
Higher Seed Analyst |
28.15% |
— |
28.23% |
do |
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35. |
Senior Seed Analyst |
28.23% |
— |
28.3%* |
do |
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36. |
District Superintendent |
17.9% |
— |
17.08% |
Arbitration Board Report |
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37. |
Dairy Lab. Assistant |
29.4% |
— |
28.41%* |
Conciliation Settlement |
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38. |
Botanical Assistant |
29.4% |
— |
28.41%* |
do |
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39. |
Library Assistant |
11% |
— |
11.1% |
do |
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40. |
Court Crier |
9% |
do |
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41. |
Court Messenger |
9% |
do |
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42. |
Head Searcher |
10.2% |
— |
14% |
do |
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43. |
Court Messenger (in Bankruptcy) |
10.22% |
— |
14.50% |
do |
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44. |
Court Record Clerk |
13.6% |
do |
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45. |
Court Usher |
10.22% |
— |
14.50% |
do |
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46. |
Warehouseman |
13% |
— |
12% |
do |
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47. |
Storeman |
10.37% |
— |
9.94% |
do |
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48. |
Packer & Porter |
10.97% |
— |
9.61% |
do |
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49. |
Senior Tax Officer |
11.99% |
do |
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50. |
Assistant Geologist |
8.1% |
— |
3.5% |
do |
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51. |
Telephone Officer |
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Scale I |
3.26% |
— |
2.76% |
do |
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Scale II |
3.11% |
— |
2.47% |
do |
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52. |
Storlannaí |
13.21% |
do |
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53. |
Storekeeper |
9% |
— |
9% |
do |
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54. |
Technical Assistant |
8.20% |
— |
9.6% |
do |
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55. |
Senior Technical Asst. |
9.59% |
— |
9.58% |
do |
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56. |
Library Assistant Class II |
10.1% |
— |
14.5% |
do |
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57. |
Library Assistant Class I |
11.2% |
— |
11.1% |
do |
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58. |
Senior Library Assistant |
12.7% |
— |
12.7% |
do |
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59. |
Artificer (Ordnance Survey) |
10% |
— |
10% |
do |
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60. |
Record Keeper |
10.2% |
— |
14% |
do |
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61. |
Law Clerk |
10.2% |
— |
14.5% |
do |
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62. |
Legal Clerk |
16.0% |
— |
12% |
do |
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63. |
Laboratory Technician |
3.6% |
— |
3.6%* |
do |
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64. |
Senior Technician (Class I) |
3.6% |
— |
3.6%* |
do |
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65. |
Senior Technician (Class II) |
3.6% |
— |
3.6%* |
do |
*Plus lump sums