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
Mr. Diarmaid Smyth:
Again, I will defer to Ms Pyke. However, it is difficult to tease out whether there was a specific effect on youth employment or particular age cohorts. What we have seen in Ireland is a massive rise in employment across the board, so it is difficult to see any particular effect from it. We have also seen a broad increase in employment across regions and sectors. I do not know whether Ms Pyke is aware of any micro-level data on that.