Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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532. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27776/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Salaries are paid to my Department’s staff, and to staff of bodies operating under its aegis, in line with policies and pay scales set by the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform. The estimated additional annualised costs of introducing the hourly salary rates specified by the Deputy are listed in the following table below. These estimates are based on current staffing and pay levels.

Cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14, €15 an hour for all employees of the Department Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Bodies operating its aegis, as of the 26^thof September 2016:

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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533. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the cost of introducing a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27785/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Salaries are paid to my Department’s staff, and to staff of bodies operating under its aegis, in line with policies and pay scales set by the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform. The estimated additional annualised costs of introducing the salary levels specified by the Deputy are listed in the following table. These estimates are based on current staffing and pay levels and include the cost of paying equivalent increases on a pro-rata basis to part-time employees.

Cost of introducing a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 and €600 for all employees of the Department Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Bodies operating its aegis, as of the 26^thSeptember 2016