Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
1868. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [19622/22]
View answerThe number of staff employed by my Department who are earning a wage which would equate to less than €12.30 per hour is 305. These are staff who have joined the organisation relatively recently and are on the early points of their salary scales in the grades of Temporary Clerical Officer, Clerical Officer, Technical Agricultural Officer, Laboratory Attendant and Services Officer.
The information in respect State Agencies under the aegis of the Department is an operational matter, generally delegated to the Agencies themselves and I will ask the Agencies to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
