Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27789/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The estimated additional annual cost of the introduction of a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time employees to the Department is:

Additional Cost of the introduction of a minimum weekly gross wage

This is based on the current staff composition of the Department and changes to this staff composition will effect these estimates. My Department applies the rates of pay set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.