Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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Ms Pyke will accept that the Low Pay Commission looked at previous evidence of early school leaving, hours and all the things she is saying. The Low Pay Commission looked at those things and considered them. She can respond to that. The second question is whether this economic impact assessment will look at the impact of sub-minimum wage rates in exerting downward pressure on the wages of other workers or a downward pressure on hours for other workers in different sectors.