Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33599/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Current public service pay rates, which apply to both my Department and the State Agencies under my Department's remit, are set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 12 of 2020, application of 1st of October 2020 pay adjustments, available at:

https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/39b2c-circular-12-2020-application-of-1st-of-october-2020-pay-adjustments/ 

I can advise the Deputy that there are currently 29 officers employed by my Department who earn less than €12.30 per hour.

In respect of the sixteen State Agencies under the remit of my Department, which fall under the scope of this PQ, 44 officers earn less than €12.30 per hour. This is illustrated in the table following.

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