Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed in, or in agencies funded by, his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32561/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If a minimum payment of €11.70 an hour were introduced, the additional costs for my Department are estimated to be in the region of €3,000 annually (not including Employer’s PRSI).  This figure reduces as and when the staff concerned progress along an incremental scale.

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