Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

720. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19629/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The remuneration of directly employed staff in my Department is sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in line with Government policy. There are currently 2 officers within the Department of Foreign Affairs who earn less than €12.30 per hour on the basis of a net 37 hour week. These officers operate as Cleaners at point 1 of the Civil Service PPC scale.