Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I tabled this question to continue the debate on a living, rather than a minimum, wage. Many people support the concept of a living wage. Family income supplement, FIS, was mentioned and some 40,000 working families are in receipt of it. The minimum wage is not a living wage; it is the bare minimum the State deems a person should earn per hour. The concept of €11.45 per hour has been raised and it will be interesting to see what the Minister has to say about it.

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