Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 28 Jan 1986

Vol. 363 No. 4

Written Answers. - Public Service Pay Agreement.

78.

Proinsias De Rossa

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give the following details on special pay claims/awards under paragraph 4.2 (b) of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement: (a) a list of the claimant grades or groups involved; (b) the numbers in each grade or group involved; (c) the total amount of retrospection payment for each group/grade involved; and (d) the average amount per employee.

81.

Proinsias De Rossa

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give the following details on special pay claims/awards arising under paragraph 4.2 (c) of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement: (a) a list of the claimant grades or groups involved: (b) the numbers in each grade or group involved; and (c) the full or average retrospection payment for each grade/group to be paid in January 1986.

Minister for the Public Service (Mr. Boland)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 81 together, referring as they do to complementary clauses of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement. Clause 4.2 (b) allowed for the processing of claims which had arisen under paragraph 3.1 of the amendments to the 1981 Public Service Pay Agreement; clause 4.2 (c) allowed for the payment of retrospection in January 1986 in respect of these claims.

Paragraph 3.1 of the amendments to the 1981 Public Service Pay Agreement had specified that "40 per cent of the relevant increase may be paid from 1 October 1983" and paragraph 4A provided that "the balance of the increases at 3.1 will subsequently be paid in full from the effective date". Clauses 4.2 (b) and 4.2 (c) of the 1983 PSPA spelt out in detail how this was to be done. The following are particulars of the awards covered by clauses 4.2 (b) and (c):

Awards arising under Clauses 4.2 (b) and 4.2 (c)

Groups	Approximate Numbers Involved	Retrospection (£000's)
Total	Average Per Employee
Prison Officers	1,500	3,050	2.0
Certain building staff in OPW and the Department of Education	150	200	1.3
Psychiatric nurses	6,200	11,000	1.8
Non-consultant hospital doctors	1,800	1,000	0.6
Craftsmen in Government Departments, Universities, VECs, AFT, Health and Local Authority areas	8,800	2,865	0.3
Miscellaneous	35	53	1.5
	18,485	18,168	1.0*

*The amount of retrospection per individual will vary depending on grade, point on scale, premium payments etc.

79.

Proinsias De Rossa

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give the following details on special pay claims/awards arising under paragraph 4.2 (a) of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement: (a) a list of the claims and awards granted; and (b) the numbers in each of the categories of the claimant grades.

80.

Proinsias De Rossa

asked the Minister for the Public Service if the teacher arbitration award was made under paragraph 4.2 (d) of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement; the other categories of public service, local authority, civil service or health board employees which received awards or had awards paid to them under this paragraph of the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement and the terms of such awards.

Minister for the Public Service (Mr. Boland)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together.

The questions have been taken to cover the main special pay increases granted to the following public service groups directly covered by the 1983 Public Service Pay Agreement: civil servants, teachers, local authority and health services staff. It is not possible, without very detailed examination by Departments, to provide an exhaustive list of every case processed under clause 4.2 (d) of the Public Service Pay Agreement. The following are particulars of special pay increases under clause 4.2 (a):

Increases under Clause 4.2(a) of the 1983 PSPA

Civil Service Group/Grade	Numbers	Increase
Certain Chief Professional Officers	4	To be placed on maximum point of scale.
Other professional grades	3	4.8%
Health Area
Clerical Officers	1,350	5.4% at max of scale
	(total in grade)
Local Authorities
Clerical Officer and analogous grades	2,600total in grade)	5.4% at max of scale

Apart from current cases on hands, the following are particulars of the main special pay increases under Clause 4.2 (d). The arbitrator's finding on the teachers' claim did not specify that it was being made under Clause 4.2(d) of the PSPA.

Increases under Clause 4.2(d) of the 1983 PSPA

Category Civil Service	Terms of award/increase	Commencement date
Prison Medical Officers	30%(12% for Portlaoise)	1/1/84
Editor of Debates	8.7%	1/10/83
Senior Inspector/Psychologist,
Department of Education,
Senior Psychologist, Civil
Service Commission,
Psychologist Grade I,
Department of Justice	9%	1/10/83
Engineer II and related grades	18%	1/10/83
Engineer III and related grades	19.7%	1/10/83
Executive Officers, Higher Executive Officers and related grades	6%	1/10/83
Staff Officers and related grades	2.7%	1/10/83
Laboratory Technician Grades	7.9%	1/10/83
Mapping Grades	9%	1/10/83
Paperkeeper and related grades	5.4%	1/10/83
Law Clerk	5.3%	1/10/83
Assistant Solicitor	7.7%	1/10/83
Engineering Draftsman grades	14.5%	1/10/83
Architect	18%	1/10/83
Assistant grades, National Museum and National Library	6%	1/10/83
Agricultural Officer grades	6%	1/10/83
Aviation and Meteorological Technical Staff, Department of Communications	6%	1/10/83
Surveyor Grades	11%	1/10/83
Inspectors of Taxes and Higher Tax Officers	6%	1/10/83
Tax Officers	3%	1/10/83
Customs and Excise Officers	6%	1/10/83
Third Secretary, Foreign Affairs	6%	1/10/83
Social Welfare Officer and Supervisors	6%	1/10/83
Inspectorate (recruitment) Grades, Department of Education	10%	1/10/83
Clerical Assistant and related grades	5%	1/10/83
Education:
Part-time teachers	12.5%	1/10/83
Health Services:
General Nurses	8%	1/10/83
Paramedics	8%	1/10/83
State-enrolled Nurses	8%	1/10/83
Dublin Voluntary Hospitals Craftsmen	Granting of a travel allowance	1/10/83
Public Dental Surgeons	19%	1/10/83
Child Care Workers	8%	1/1/84
Grades IV-VII and analogous grades	4% — 10%	1/10/83
Senior Grade Paramedics	Increased differentials over basic grades	1/10/83
Community Welfare Officers	Upgrading	1/10/83
Analytical Chemists	19.7%	1/10/83
Engineers	19.7%	1/10/83
Finance Officers	15%	1/10/83
Personnel Officers	15%	1/10/83
Local Authorities:
District Fire Officers	8%	1/10/83
Rent Collectors, Dublin Corporation	2.5% on basic, and special increase at top two points of scale	1/10/83
Supervisory General Workers	£7.88 per week	1/10/83
Firemen (full-time)	8%	1/10/83
Craftsmen and General Operatives, Bray UDC	Travel time — one hour per day	1/10/83
Building Inspector and Clerk of Works — Dublin	Regrading from Class A to Grade V	1/10/83
Clerk of Works outside Dublin	Regrading from Class A to Grade V	1/10/83
District Supervisors, Cork County Council	30%	1/10/83
Engineers and cognate Professional Grades	19.7%	1/10/83
Draughtsman/Technician grades	15.6%	1/10/83
Social Workers	8%	1/10/83
Grades IV to VII,
Clerical/Administrative and Library Grades and analogous grades	4% — 10%	1/10/83
County and City Managers	14.6%	1/10/83
Part-time Branch Librarians	Parity with minimum of Library Assistant scale.	1/10/83

82.

Proinsias De Rossa

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give details of all arbitration awards over a period of the last 25 years which were not honoured and paid in full.

Minister for the Public Service (Mr. Boland)

Two arbitration awards were not implemented in the period covered by the Deputy's question. Details are as follows:

1. Local Authority Engineers

Arbitration Board Report of 25 July 1968

This report recommended salary increases ranging from just under 22 per cent to just over 23 per cent for local authority engineers with effect from 1 April 1968. Eventually increases of just under 11 per cent with effect from the same date were implemented.

2. School Attendance Officers

Arbitration Board Report of 28 January 1982

This report recommended increases for school attendance officers which gave them a salary scale equivalent to that of welfare officer in the Department of Justice with effect from 1 April 1981. Following a series of discussions between the management and union sides a package was agreed which gave an increase of 24 per cent from the earlier effective date of 1 January 1979.