asked the Minister for Labour if he will name those sectors of the public service having access to the Labour Court; and if he will list those sectors having access to both the Labour Court and the scheme of conciliation and arbitration.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers - Public Service Arbitration.
11.
The reply is in the form of a detailed tabular statement which I am circulating.
Following is the statement.
Access to adjudication bodies for the main employee groups in the public sector.
|
Arbitration Boards |
Labour Court |
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|
Category |
Numbers(approx.) |
Category |
Numbers(approx.) |
|
|
Civil Service— |
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|
non-industrial |
Grades up to Asst. Sec. |
30,800 |
— |
— |
|
industrial |
— |
— |
All categories |
8,000 |
|
Gardaí |
All ranks excluding Commissioners |
11,400 |
— |
— |
|
Teachers (1st + 2nd level and RTCs) |
All categories |
43,000 |
— |
— |
|
Other education groups |
VEC clerical etc. staff |
1,000 |
Other categories |
8,000 |
|
Health boards (a) |
Officer grades (includes general nurses) |
23,500 |
Manual and craft grades; psychiatric nurses |
16,000 |
|
Voluntary hospitals (a) |
— |
— |
All categories |
16,000 |
|
Local authorities |
Officer grades |
10,000 |
Servants |
25,500 |
|
Non-commercial State bodies |
— |
— |
All categories |
9,000 |
|
Commercial State Bodies ESB |
— |
— |
All categories; in theory, seldom used (b) |
12,000 |
|
An Post |
8,500 |
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|
Telecom Éireann |
Temporary voluntary C & A schemes for most grades; civil service arbitrator |
18,000 |
Legal entitlement to go to Court, waived temporarily |
|
|
Others |
— |
— |
All categories |
49,200 |
|
146,200 |
143,700 |
(a) In the health area, officer grades viz. general nurses, paramedical and clerical grades employed directly by the Health Boards have access only to arbitration. Similar grades in voluntary hospitals have access only to the Labour Court.
(b) ESB have their own Industrial Council.