Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage

2:00 pm

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

We are in public session. This meeting has been convened for the purpose of consideration by this committee of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015, which was referred to the Select Committee by order of the Dáil of 24 June 2015. Apologies have been received from Deputy Peadar Tóibín, and Deputy Ellis will be substituting for him. Apologies have also been received from Deputy Calleary, and Deputy Colm Keaveney will be substituting for him. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with special responsibility for business and employment, Deputy Gerald Nash, and his officials to the meeting.

Before we begin, I remind members to switch their mobile phones to aeroplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not enough to put them on silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference from the committee room and will impact negatively on the broadcast. Some 21 amendments have been tabled and it is intended to conclude Committee Stage today. Is that agreed? Agreed. I refer members to the list of amendments grouped for the purposes of debate, which has been circulated.

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