Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 April 2024
112. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide, in tabular form, the capital costs and initial set-up costs for the Low Pay Commission from set-up in 2020. [15913/24]
View answer113. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide, in tabular form for the years 2020 to 2024, the costs of staffing the offices of the Low Pay Commission, to include initial start-up costs, office costs, CEO appointments and all other relevant costs. [15914/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 113 together.
The Low Pay Commission was established pursuant to the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015.
Commission members receive Category 2 fees as set out below and as per the guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform on fees for members and Chairpersons of State Boards:
Chairperson of the Commission: €20,520 per annum
Member of the Commission: €11,970 per annum
The Secretariat to the Low Pay Commission is provided by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
The Commission retains no office space so there were no initial set-up costs incurred and there are no ongoing overheads. There is no CEO or equivalent position.
Costs directly incurred by the Commission to date are as follows:
|
Research |
Member Fees^ |
|
|
2015* |
75,000 |
61,400 |
|
2016 |
55,000 |
81,000 |
|
2017 |
84,000 |
60,000 |
|
2018 |
55,000 |
75,300 |
|
2019 |
150,131 |
74,385 |
|
2020 |
106,169 |
80,372 |
|
2021 |
135,436 |
66,263 |
|
2022 |
105,756 |
104,310 |
|
2023 |
128,213 |
104,310 |
|
2024 to date |
16,667 |
23,085 |
|
Totals to date |
911,372 |
730,425 |
*The Commission was established on an interim basis in February 2015 and its first full year of operation was 2016.
^ Member fees have fluctuated as individual members have opted not to receive fees and have been ineligible to receive fees under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s ‘one person one salary’ principle.
