Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

For full-time workers on the national minimum wage, a significant portion of the 80 cent an hour increase they will receive in July will be swallowed up. In the budget, the Government failed to adjust the relevant PRSI bands to account for the increase and to ensure the full increase would go into the pockets of those who benefit from the national minimum wage increase. There are no Committee Stage amendments to the Finance Bill to rectify this problem, although it may be addressed in, for example, the social welfare Bill. I have tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill on the matter. The Minister might first respond to the question and we can take it from there.

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