Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

2:30 pm

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will deal with the national minimum wage. Any decision made on the national minimum wage will be a collective Government decision considered in the context of the budget. The Low Pay Commission is independent and was set up by the former Minister of State, Gerald Nash, in 2015. It examined all issues before making the recommendation. Deputy Smith is right. It was a split decision. Data-----

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