Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 10 February 2022, the status of the examination by the Low Pay Commission and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth into the introduction of a living wage in Ireland; if he has received the report to-date; the timeline for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19723/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware from my previous responses to her questions on this issue that in 2021 I asked the Low Pay Commission to examine the Programme for Government commitment to progress a living wage over the lifetime of the Government and to make recommendations to me on how best we can achieve this commitment. Following this request, the Low Pay Commission commissioned a team of researchers in the National University of Ireland, NUI, Maynooth, to conduct technical research on the living wage. In January of this year, the Low Pay Commission received the research report from the researchers at NUI Maynooth.

I recently received the Low Pay Commission’s report and recommendations on the progression to a living wage. Along with my officials, I am reviewing the Commission’s report and recommendations. I am considering the next steps required in the progression to a living wage, such as the publication of the Commission’s report and the accompanying research report, and consultation on the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations.