Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU

Dr. Laura Bambrick:

Our colleagues in the Low Pay Commission have recommended it be raised to €12, which is just to keep people standing still, that is, where they were in 2021. That is what we have said. We have also asked the Government to look again at the roll-out and phasing in of the living wage.