Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the discussions he or his Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department, or to agencies of his Department, to ensure that employees of such suppliers and contractors are paid the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34900/15]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The Minister of State for Business and Employment at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation recently hosted a forum on the Living Wage in Dublin Castle. At the forum, the Tánaiste signalled that her Department would fund the next stage of examining the process which involves setting up a working group. Neither I, nor my Department, have had any discussions with suppliers or contractors to date as the living wage is a voluntary concept at this time.