In 1994, the Labour Court recommended that Tipperary (South Riding) County Council concede the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's claim over a dog warden's employment terms. It said payments should follow the national agreement for the special award to local-authority employees outside Dublin. The recommendation was signed on 14 March 1994.
The Council took over the dog-warden service in April 1993 and offered to employ the existing warden on proposed terms. The union argued that the proposed pay would mean a substantial loss of earnings and that the role carried wide-ranging duties.
The Council said its proposed rates compared favourably with other local-authority roles and argued it was not obliged to employ the claimant. The Court considered the union's claim reasonable and recommended that it be conceded.