Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland requires a company to pay the living wage to staff as part of its conditions of giving that company grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40788/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland does not require a company to pay the living wage to staff as part of its conditions of giving grants to companies. However, while the agency does not collect data relating to salaries paid at the individual level, data collected as part of its annual ABSEI survey shows that the average payroll per employee across the EI client base actually exceeds the living wage. It was €50,100 in 2017 which compares favourably to the national average annual earnings in 2017 which was €37,646, according to the Earnings and Labour Costs Annual Data published in June 2018.

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland requires a company not to have zero-hour contracts in place as part of its conditions of giving that company grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40790/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland does not support zero hour contracts due to the requirements set out under EU State Aid Rules and in line with the agency’s policy. Under EU State Aid rules, Enterprise Ireland can only provide support against actual wage costs calculated over a two-year period. The jobs must be maintained in the SME for 3 years or in a large company for 5 years. In addition, under Enterprise Ireland policy, the supported salary costs must be above the minimum wage salary, applicable in Ireland, for the job to be eligible for support.