Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring forward legislation this term to change the Low Pay Commission into a living wage commission; and if he will simultaneously expand the membership of the commission to include a representative of the living wage technical group. [30365/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government includes a commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government.

Consideration is now being given to how best to take forward this initiative and I recently met with the Low Pay Commission to discuss options for progressing this commitment and the role the Commission can play in meeting the commitment to progress to a living wage.

I recently confirmed that, as part of this initiative, consideration is being given to transforming the Low Pay Commission into a Living Wage Commission.

Issues regarding the legislative basis and the composition of such a Commission are currently being considered.