Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 498: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 31 October 2007, if the planned work on a further survey has taken place regarding employees on the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27479/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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A request for tender for carrying out the survey referred to in the reply to Question No 311 of 31 October, 2007 was published by my Department on the Government's e-tenders website in October, 2007. However, no tenders were received and, consequently it was not possible to proceed with the survey as planned.

Subsequently, my Department has discussed with the Central Statistics Office the potential of data collected in surveys undertaken by that Office for the purposes of monitoring trends in the number of people on the national minimum wage and the profile of these people.

It is envisaged that, in future, data collected by the CSO will provide the basis for my Department's ongoing analysis of these trends.