asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of the employees of his Department the grade and the number in each grade who are not covered by sick pay or superannuation schemes.

All employees of my Department are covered by sick pay schemes.

As the information in regard to employees who are not covered by a superannuation scheme is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

Will the Minister make representations to his colleagues whose employees are not covered with regard to sick pay?

I will have to look into that.