Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to the Exchequer of the Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1508/16]

Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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The Low Pay Commission was launched on 26 of February 2015 with a budget of €500,000 (per calendar year). This is broken down on a pay (€270,000) and a non-pay basis (€230,000). Expenditure in 2015, the first year of operation of the Commission, was €155,500 (pay) and €95,100 (non-pay).