Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Courtney. I apologise but I have only a minute and 33 seconds, like my colleagues. What do the witnesses make of the arguments they have heard about what I regard as an overly cautious approach to raising the minimum wage? As was pointed out, it has been a pay cut in the past three years. What are the prospects of the Low Pay Commission actually delivering the living wage to which the Government says it is committed?

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