Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I have met a number of relatively small business owners and they all feel the same pressure coming on them from these measures. They are good measures. I am not saying they should not be introduced and have yet to meet an employer who says that, but they are bringing on extra costs. This is in the context of another change coming down the tracks with this particular one. We have three levels of sub-minimum wage: the 17 or younger, the 18 and the 19. Are there figures for how many are in each of these categories?