Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the stakeholders for attending today's meeting of the committee to discuss the heads of the proposed national minimum wage (low pay commission) Bill 2015. I thank the officials from the library and research service and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the assistance and briefing they provided. In the coming weeks, the committee will finalise its report and submit it to the Minister. I sincerely thank the witnesses for attending here today.

Members are reminded that the launch of the committee's report on policy options to support business growth and job creation and retention in town and village centres will take place in the audio-visual room at 11 a.m. on this Thursday, 26 March. In addition, an e-mail was circulated to members this morning advising them that the European Commissioner for Trade, Ms Cecilia Malmström, will attend a meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs in Committee Room 2 at 2.15 p.m. on Friday, 27 March. Members are invited to attend this meeting if they wish.