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.