Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who pay their employees less than the national minimum wage on the basis that a monetary allowance is included as reckonable pay for the purpose of compliance with the national minimum wage where an employer provides an employee with full board and lodgings or lodgings only or full board only; and if the inclusion of this allowance is subject to any stipulation regarding the quality of the lodgings being provided. [11241/06]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The national minimum wage legislation provides for a monetary deduction which can be made from the statutory minimum pay of an employee if the employee is provided with board and/or lodgings as follows:

For full board and lodgings, €54.13 per week or €7.73 per day.

For full board only per week, €32.14 per week or €4.60 per day.

For lodgings only per week, €21.85 per week or €3.14 per day.

Information is not available on the number of employers who avail of this provision. The national minimum wage legislation makes no provision relating to the quality of lodgings provided in this regard.