asked the Minister for Education the net pay paid to each of the 14 archaeological assistants employed by his Department on the Wood Quay site up to 10 January 1979.

The persons whose services were accepted in a temporary supervisory capacity in connection with the archaeological work at Wood Quay were in receipt of a daily subsistence allowance which amounted to an average of £60 per week.

30.

asked the Minister for Education the present position of the 14 persons employed by his Department as archaeological assistants on the Wood Quay site.

31.

asked the Minister for Education if he will immediately resume the employment of the 14 people employed as archaeological assistants on the Wood Quay site up to 10 January 1979 in order to expedite and if possible complete the work of sorting, labelling and cataloguing objects discovered during the investigations.

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 31 together.

The position in regard to these persons is as indicated in my reply to Question No. 29 today. The question of resuming an "employment" does not arise in the circumstances. In any event the archaeological work in connection with which their services were accepted ceased on 10 January 1979.

Is it not a fact that other workmen on the site whose employment has been suspended by reason of the various court proceedings are still getting paid although work is not proceeding on the site? Is it not also true that archaeological work of the type referred to in the question still remains to be done and could be done by the people whose work has been discontinued?

I do not think it is true that anybody is being paid.

32.