Living Wage

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 July 2018

Thursday, 12 July 2018

Questions (749)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

749. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32226/18]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  If a living wage of €11.90 was introduced the increased annual cost to my Department would be approximately €90,000.  This figure will reduce as and when the staff concerned progress along an incremental scale.

The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned.  Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out below:

Agency	Email address
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
Ervia, Gas   Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Housing   Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Housing Finance   Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Irish Water   Safety	[e-mail]
Local Government   Management Agency	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey   Ireland	[e-mail]
Property   Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite   Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential   Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]