Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20617/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The staff of my Department are on centrally negotiated civil service pay scales. There are a number of Clerical Officers on the lower end of the pay scale for that grade who are on salaries below the living wage of €11.70 per hour but as they progress over time on the Clerical Officer pay scale, their salaries will exceed the living wage.