Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion
Garret Ahearn (Fine Gael)
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That is not taking into account that we need to increase the minimum wage, obviously, and we have done that. Do the witnesses get the sense that there is a real fear on the part of businesses? I come from Tipperary. Particularly in small rural towns, there is a real fear about survival. A minimum wage increase in Cahir, where I am from, is very different to a minimum wage increase in Dublin city.