Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Mr. David Hegarty:
We have to wait to see what the LPC recommends for this year or if the minimum wag increase would apply from January. The evidence that the LPC had was that a move to 60% over a period of four years of itself would not impose significant problems in the labour market. What we do not know, of course, is what the LPC will recommend for next year and we will have to wait and see what that is. We as a Department-----