Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister confirmed in a previous written reply that up until 2015 the minimum wage was covered 100%. A company with five full-time equivalent staff now has to find €10,000 simply to pay wages, not to mention meeting all the other overhead costs faced. As the Minister is aware, some of these companies provide meals-on-wheels services or run community centres where there is no major revenue stream. Yet, they keep these places open all day or provide fundamental community services where there are limited income sources. Is it the Minister's intention to return to the situation that obtained up to 2015, when the full wage was covered for the full-time equivalent staff who were approved under the community services grant?

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