Employment Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 September 2014

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Questions (56)

Dominic Hannigan

Question:

56. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Taoiseach to set out the number of employees on the minimum wage; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are male and the number who are female; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are under 25 years of age and the number over 25 years of age. [35518/14]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Paul Kehoe)

The Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) collects quarterly information from enterprises with 3 or more employees. While gender and age are not collected and are therefore not available, there were an estimated 68,100 employees earning the minimum wage of €8.65 or below in Q1 2014.