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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-01/21/
1 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Second Stage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-30/4/
30 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/16/
28 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Report Stage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-29/5/
29 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Second Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-02/3/
2 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Second Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-23/2/
23 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-08/2/
8 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-22/3/
22 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-08/7/
8 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed).
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-30/8/
30 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Motion for Earlier Signature.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-02/4/
2 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Referral to Select Committee.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-01/20/
1 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Order for Second Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/1130/
31 Jan 2007 -
minimum wage, and there are no staff earning just one euro above the current national minimum wage....earning less than the national minimum wage, including those earning the sub-minimum wage as defined...by Sections 15 and 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 None The number of staff in his...the sub-minimum wage as defined by Sections 15 and 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 None...Minimum Wage Act 2000 None
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/18/
28 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-30/7/
30 Mar 2000 -
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
Stanton The Title of the Bill will be the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000....It is not a living wage, which might be assumed from the Title....The Government is imposing a national minimum wage and they will have to pay their employees more, which
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-03-07/104/
7 Mar 2012 -
legislation setting a minimum wage....There are large differences in the level of the national minimum wage across countries with the highest...The increase was provided for in the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 and effected by the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Section 11) (No. 2) Order 2011 on July 1st 2011....The restoration of the National Minimum Wage to €8.65 per hour represents a significant commitment by
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/693/
31 Jan 2007 -
O’Donoghue) There are no staff in my Department currently earning the national minimum wage or less...than the national minimum wage (or the sub-minimum wage as defined by Sections 15 and 16 of the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000)....minimum wage or less than the national minimum wage (or the sub-minimum wage as defined by Sections...15 and 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000).
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/16/
28 Mar 2000 -
of calculation of the employee's remuneration and the pay reference period for the purposes of the National...Minimum Wage Act, 2000, (ga) that the employee may, under section 23 of the National Minimum Wage...Act, 2000, request from the employer a written statement of the employee's average hourly rate of pay
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
replying perhaps the Minister will give the reason members of the Defence Forces were omitted from the National...Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, although I can understand the reason the Defence Forces and the Garda Síochána
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-06-17/20/
17 Jun 2004 -
Fahey It is certainly Government policy that there should be a national minimum wage, unlike the policy...It is for that reason the Tánaiste introduced a national minimum wage in April 2000, which was a most
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-23/211/
23 May 2006 -
Killeen) The National Minimum Wage was introduced on 1 April 2000....The ESRI has undertaken minimum wage surveys on behalf of the Department on three occasions since then...Percentage of employees on *the minimum wage (in private sector, non-agricultural firms) 2001 4.3%...on minimum wage 2002 4.5% on minimum wage 2005/06 5.2% on minimum wage *This includes...those on the experienced adult rate and those on the sub-minimum rates.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-07/247/
7 Nov 2006 -
Killeen) Details of the National Minimum Wage since its introduction on 1 April, 2000 are set out in...The weekly values of the National Minimum Wage, based on the relevant average working week at the time...minimum wage and make a recommendation to me on the matter....In accordance with the terms of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Court is currently engaging...National Minimum Wage Date NMW Average Hours Worked Per Week Value based on 39 hour week
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-15/198/
15 Dec 2010 -
On that basis it is estimated that the national minimum wage may affect the wages of all those within...a range of 1.5 times the national minimum wage....The Forfás report found that the national minimum wage impacts on sectors in different ways — sectors...of amendments to the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to give effect to the Government's decision to reduce...the National Minimum Wage to €7.65 per hour.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-02-09/70/
9 Feb 2000 -
An integral part of addressing the issue of low pay is the Government's commitment to introduce a national...minimum hourly wage....I have recently published the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, which delivers on the Government's commitment
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-06-06/240/
6 Jun 2012 -
Minimum Wage introduced by the previous Government on 1 February 2011....The increase was provided for in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 and effected by the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Section 11) (No. 2) Order 2011 on July 1st 2011....The restoration of the National Minimum Wage to €8.65 per hour represents a significant commitment by...The Government does not have any plans for further adjustments to the National Minimum Wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-10-17/54/
17 Oct 2000 -
Kitt): The National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, delivered on the Government's commitment, in the programme...for Government, to introduce a national minimum hourly wage.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
Owen Will outstanding payments under Partnership 2000, which are based on percentage, be worked out...on the basis of the minimum wage, even though Partnership 2000 was agreed prior to this?...increases in areas such as the retail sector are backloaded to next October or November under Partnership 2000...If it is a 1% increase the employer could claim that he or she agreed a 1% increase based on their wage...before the introduction of the minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-05-04/197/
4 May 2005 -
Killeen) The National Minimum Wage Act came into effect in April 2000....Prior to the introduction of the legislation, the national minimum wage commission was appointed by the...Government to advise on the introduction of a national minimum wage....minimum wage....The sub-minimum rate for those under 18 was therefore recommended by the national minimum wage commission
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-30/59/
30 Nov 1999 -
The ESRI study estimates that the impact of the introduction of the national minimum wage on the national...wage bill will be an increase of 1.6 per cent of total gross earnings, excluding any repercussive effect...This is much lower than the figure of 4 per cent estimated by the National Minimum Wage Commission in...its report last year, mainly due to wage growth between 1997 and the year 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-07/18/
7 Oct 2004 -
of Sustaining Progress, Pay and the Workplace, have agreed to request the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in accordance...with the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, to apply with effect from 1 May 2005....On receipt of such a Labour Court recommendation, the minimum wage legislation provides a three month
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
, in the main, is an enabling mechanism and does not refer to the amount to be paid as the national minimum...The Tánaiste stated that 163,000 people will benefit from the introduction of the national minimum wage...That means that approximately £61 of their minimum wage payment will be taxed....It has promised to do so but from 1 April 2000 those earning the minimum wage will be adding between...The Bill lacks measures to protect workers and the minimum wage reports published by the two commissions
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-02-10/12/
10 Feb 2004 -
Since the introduction of the national minimum wage in April 2000, inspectors have undertaken inspections...under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, with reported compliance and sanctions levels as follows....In 2001 there was one conviction under the National Minimum Wage Act that concerned a failure to keep...Minimum Wage Act 2000....minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/760/
31 Jan 2007 -
Brennan) There are currently no staff in my Department and its Agencies who are earning the national...minimum wage, or earning not more than €1 per hour more than the minimum wage....There are currently no staff in my Department and its Agencies who are earning the sub-minimum wage,...as defined by Sections 15 and 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-11-15/202/
15 Nov 2011 -
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Deputy Richard Bruton) The National Minimum Wage Act,...2000, which became law on 1st April, 2000, applies to all employees, except close relatives of the employer...The national minimum hourly rate for an experienced adult worker was increased to €8.65 per hour with...Sub-minimum rates of between 70% and 90% of the National Minimum Wage apply where an employee is: Under...rates of pay that are higher than the National Minimum Wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-01/21/
1 Mar 2000 -
I am pleased to be the first Minister to present a National Minimum Wage Bill to the House....The Bill delivers on the Government's commitment to introducing a national minimum hourly wage....to introducing a national minimum hourly wage....The selection of a pay reference period for a national minimum wage under this Bill does not alter an...the implementation of a national minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-28/249/
28 Nov 2006 -
Killeen) The current national minimum wage is €7.65 per hour....Sub-minimum rates of the National Minimum Wage apply where an employee is: Under age 18; or In the...In accordance with Section 14(b) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, employees under the age of 18...are entitled to 70% of the national minimum wage....This percentage was recommended by the National Minimum Wage Commission to strike a balance between ensuring
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-02-24/26/
24 Feb 2005 -
with the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, to apply with effect from 1 May 2005....In accordance with this commitment, the Labour Court has undertaken a review of the national minimum...The national minimum wage legislation, allows a three-month period for my consideration of the Labour...on the sub-minimum rates as these are expressed in legislation as percentage rates of the national minimum...Therefore, if an increase to the minimum wage should become effective from 1 May, the sub-minimum rates
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-01-19/81/
19 Jan 2010 -
Minimum Wage, at its current rate, is not having an adverse effect on vulnerable workers and enterprises...in a time of rising unemployment and declining nominal wages....The guiding principles that inform adjustments to the level of National Minimum Wage under the provisions...of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, require account to be taken of the likely impact of any proposed...change on employment, unemployment, overall economic conditions and national competitiveness.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-08/94/
8 Mar 2000 -
Ahern): The National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, is currently before the Oireachtas....When enacted it is intended that the national minimum wage will initially be set at an hourly rate of...£4.40 and will be implemented with effect from 1 April 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-08/70/
8 Mar 2000 -
Mc Creevy): As the Deputy is aware the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000 is currently before the Oireachtas...If passed into law, it is intended that the national minimum wage will initially be set at an hourly...rate of £4.40 and will be implemented with effect from 1 April 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-02-09/17/
9 Feb 2000 -
Kitt The Tánaiste recently published the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, which delivers on the Government's...commitment to introduce a national minimum hourly rate of pay....rate of the national minimum hourly rate of pay at £4.40 from 1 April 2000....Section 12 of the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, permits the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment...to review the national minimum hourly rate of pay.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/322/
31 Jan 2007 -
the national minimum wage, or at a rate of not more than one euro per hour in excess of the national...minimum wage....Minimum Wage Act 2000, all agencies under the aegis of my Department have confirmed that there are no...staff serving in those agencies earning the national minimum wage, less than the national minimum wage..., or a rate of not more than one euro per hour in excess of the national minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-10-31/203/
31 Oct 2007 -
However, since the introduction of the national minimum wage legislation in April, 2000, three surveys...The studies estimated, inter alia, how many employees were on the minimum wage....The table below shows the number of employees on the minimum wage in private sector non agricultural...Year Number of employees on minimum wage % of employees earning minimum wage 2000/1 55,000
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/720/
31 Jan 2007 -
Martin) All staff currently employed by my Department earn above the national minimum wage....One agency of my Department has 1 student on work experience who earns the minimum wage and employs between...minimum wage or earning the sub-minimum wage as defined by Sections 15 and 16 of the National Minimum...Wage Act 2000....minimum wage legislation.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-02-01/166/
1 Feb 2005 -
part two of Sustaining Progress — Pay and the Workplace — agreed to ask the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance...with the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, to apply with effect from 1 May 2005....The Labour Court has undertaken a review of the national minimum wage in line with that commitment.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
dispute the good sense of providing for the making of orders but, for example, if somewhere in the Bill...sectors" - a phrase contained in the Bill - one could draw the conclusion that we are either introducing...a national minimum wage or we are not....Representatives of the clothing industry might say to the Minister of the day that a minimum wage is...That kind of derogation would seem to defeat the character of a national minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-06-22/157/
22 Jun 2004 -
Fahey) Sub-minimum rates of the national minimum wage apply where an employee is: under age 18; or in...All employees under the age of 18 are entitled to 70% of the national minimum wage....This percentage was recommended by the National Minimum Wage Commission to strike a balance between ensuring...The National Minimum Wage Commission recommended that sub-minimum rates should also apply to employees...The National Minimum Wage Act does not apply to statutory apprentices within the meaning of or under
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-03-29/42/
29 Mar 2011 -
The national minimum wage was reduced with effect from the 1st February 2011 by order made pursuant to...section 11(1) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, as amended by section 13 of the Financial Emergency...The commitment to reverse the recent cut in the national minimum wage will require primary legislation...Committee system rather than the national minimum wage....wages and conditions overlaps with that of the statutory national minimum wage system.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-30/8/
30 Mar 2000 -
Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the National...Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the...Bill shall have been presented to her."
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-02/3/
2 Mar 2000 -
Broughan I welcome the fact that belatedly the National Minimum Wage Bill is before the House, but it...This party through its history has argued for a national minimum wage, but it is disgraceful to present...a Bill with a minimum wage of £4.40 which is barely 50% of average industrial earnings....minimum wage....minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-02-16/46/
16 Feb 1999 -
These developments clearly illustrate and underpin the Government's commitment to the introduction of a national...minimum wage in order to protect workers who are vulnerable and prone to be exploited while ensuring...I intend to have a statutory national minimum wage of £4.40 per hour in place by the target timescale...recommended by the National Minimum Wage Commission on the expiry of Partnership 2000, beginning in...April 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-03-24/49/
24 Mar 1999 -
These developments clearly illustrate and underpin the Government's commitment to the introduction of a national...minimum wage in order to protect workers who are vulnerable and prone to be exploited while ensuring...I intend to have a statutory national minimum wage of £4.40 per hour in place by the target timescale...recommended by the National Minimum Wage Commission on the expiry of Partnership 2000 in April 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-04/31/
4 Nov 1999 -
I published the final report of the interdepartmental group on implementation of a national minimum wage...The group set out detailed recommendations for the implementation of the national minimum wage....The ESRI study estimates that the impact of the introduction of the national minimum wage on the national...I intend to introduce the national minimum wage from 1 April 2000 at £4.40 per hour and I have no plans...The drafting of the national minimum wage Bill is at an advanced stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-01-19/81/
19 Jan 2011 -
State at the Department of Enterprise; Trade and Innovation (Deputy Dara Calleary) Section 41 of the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000 makes provision for an employer to apply to the Labour Court for a once-off time...limited exemption from the requirement to pay the minimum rate....on 1 December 2010, includes a commitment to enlarge the scope of the inability pay provision in the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000, permitting firms to invoke this clause more than once.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-05-31/58/
31 May 2001 -
Kitt) I assume that the Deputy is referring to the national minimum wage for employees....The National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 came into force on 1 April 2000 and the national minimum hourly rate
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
Chairman Today's meeting marks the commencement of the Committee Stage debate on the National Minimum...Wage Bill, 2000.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-29/5/
29 Mar 2000 -
I am pleased to be the first Minister to introduce a National Minimum Wage Bill....to introduce a national minimum hourly wage...., have an entitlement to the new national minimum hourly wage....The selection of a pay reference period for the national minimum wage under this Bill does not alter...In the UK the full national minimum wage applies from age 22 with a sub-minimum from age 18.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-02/66/
2 Dec 2010 -
rates under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 by virtue of them being under the age of 18 or undergoing...Central Statistics Office, indicate that there were approximately 52,000 employees paid at or below the national...minimum wage of €8.65 per hour as of the second quarter of 2010....The available data does not distinguish between those on the adult minimum wage and those on sub-minimum...As the sub-minimum hourly rates are calculated as a percentage of the national minimum hourly rate of
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-06-16/63/
16 Jun 2010 -
Innovation (Deputy Dara Calleary) In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation concerning its adjustment....Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Labour Court can seek to establish, in the context of...The Labour Court has not made any recommendation in relation to the application made under the National...Minimum Wage, 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-10-13/80/
13 Oct 2010 -
Innovation (Deputy Dara Calleary) In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation concerning its adjustment....Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Labour Court can seek to establish, in the context of...Labour Court has not made any recommendation to date in relation to the application made under the National...Minimum Wage, 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-10-07/179/
7 Oct 2010 -
minimum wage of €8.65 per hour as of the first quarter of 2010....The available data does not distinguish between those on the adult minimum wage and those on sub-minimum...Minimum Wage Act 2000 to date....The inability to pay mechanism under the National Minimum Wage Act was designed to ensure a balance between...minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-01-31/850/
31 Jan 2007 -
Deputy that all staff employed in my Department are earning more than one euro per hour more than the minimum...wage....wage; 1 staff member is earning the minimum wage as defined by Sections 15 and 16 of the National Minimum...Wage Act 2000; and 1 staff member is earning not more than one euro per hour more than the minimum wage...wage.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
Whereas the purpose of the legislation is to introduce a national minimum wage, the provisions of the...Bill apply generally to workers and, in this case, they would apply not just to those on the national...minimum wage....If the Minister sets the minimum wage at £4.40 an hour - although we will try to convince her to set
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-02-24/26/
24 Feb 2005 -
I remind Deputy Hogan that the national minimum wage is set under the terms of the National Minimum Wage...Act 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-11-22/77/
22 Nov 2000 -
Kitt) The National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, came into force from 1 April 2000 and delivered on the Government's...commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a national minimum hourly wage....During the passage of the National Minimum Wage Bill 2000, through this House, the Tánaiste gave a commitment...minimum wage....Minimum Wage Act.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-05-12/63/
12 May 2010 -
Innovation (Deputy Dara Calleary) In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation to the Minister for Labour Affairs concerning its adjustment...Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Labour Court can seek to establish, in the context of...yet received any recommendation from the Labour Court in relation to the application made under the National...Minimum Wage, 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-04-20/60/
20 Apr 2005 -
Minimum Wage and to make a recommendation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in accordance...with the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, to apply with effect from 1 May, 2005"....In February last the Labour Court recommended that the minimum wage should be increased to €7.65 with...In its assessment, the ESRI concludes that the increase in the minimum wage to €7.65 can be implemented...On the issue of consumer prices, the ESRI has calculated that the increase in the minimum wage to €7.65
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-27/127/
27 Oct 2004 -
wage in April, 2000....Subminimum rates of the national minimum wage apply where an employee is under age 18 or in the first...Employees under the age of 18 are entitled to 70% of the national minimum wage....There are no plans to amend the national minimum wage legislation to abolish the sub-minimum rates....wage to €8 per hour is not available, an assessment, in accordance with the national minimum wage legislation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-02-10/64/
10 Feb 2004 -
Fahey) Since the introduction of the national minimum wage in April 2000, labour inspectors from my...Department have undertaken inspections under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, with reported compliance...Relations Commission, a body independent of my Department, also investigate complaints of breaches of the National...Minimum Wage Act 2000....Year No. of Inspections Sanction Applied 2000 3,419 None 2001 1,192 1 Conviction
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-01-30/440/
30 Jan 2008 -
From the Government's perspective, legislation to provide for a national minimum wage in this country...was enacted in 2000....The minimum wage was introduced as a social policy commitment of the Government in the context of tackling...The minimum wage was first set at £4.40 per hour from 1 April 2000 and has been increased on six occasions...Minimum rates of pay in certain sectors and individual enterprises are also governed by Employment Regulation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-02/3/
2 Mar 2000 -
We are being told that it will introduce a national minimum wage which will start at £4.40 per hour....Under the Bill such a worker's pay will be reduced by 10% so the national minimum wage is already less...of that service charge go toward making up the national minimum wage....When those factors are taken into account, the national minimum wage is a total con....There will not be a £4.40 per hour national minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-02/30/
2 Dec 2010 -
Deputy Willie Penrose Is the raison d’être of this minimum wage cut to set off a cycle of depressing...None of them said that the national minimum wage was of paramount importance, although they did refer...Section 41 of the National Minimum Wage Act provides that companies which are unable, or find it difficult..., to pay the minimum wage can apply to the Labour Court....Legislation will be required in the context of setting the minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-15/97/
15 Nov 2006 -
to Government by 1 September, 2006 on a new minimum wage rate to be effective from 1 January, 2007....minimum wage and make a recommendation to me on the matter....In accordance with the terms of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Court is currently engaging...As provided for in the minimum wage legislation, the Labour Court must consult with such persons, including...The Act requires that, before declaring a new minimum wage rate, I must take into account the impact
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-08/148/
8 Feb 2006 -
Killeen) The national minimum wage legislation provides for a monetary deduction to be made from the...The inclusion of this provision in the national minimum wage legislation was recommended by the inter-departmental...group on implementation of a national minimum wage....I have no plans to remove these provisions from the minimum wage legislation....Minimum Wage Act 2000 and I urge anyone who has specific evidence of the mistreatment of workers to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-03-21/196/
21 Mar 2012 -
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Deputy Richard Bruton) The National Minimum Wage Act,...employer to apply the sub-minimum rates as required under Section 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act...The provision for trainee rates under Section 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, recognises that...an employee undergoing training should not be paid the same minimum wage as an experienced employee....Wage Act, 2000 (Prescribed Courses of Study or Training) Regulations, 2000 (S.I.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-07-07/15/
7 Jul 2009 -
Deputy Mary Coughlan In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national minimum...wage and to make a recommendation to me concerning its adjustment....The court is required under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to consult with representatives of employers...responsibilities under the Act with regard to the consideration of any eventual Labour Court recommendation on the minimum...wage, it would not be appropriate for me to make a submission on the matter to the court and I have
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-12-12/82/
12 Dec 2000 -
information unit of my Department deal with inquiries from, and offer information to the public on the National...Minimum Wage Act, 2000....Labour inspectors, in their enforcement activity of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, also operate
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-22/3/
22 Mar 2000 -
In fact, I called for a £5 minimum wage but the Government decided otherwise....People are becoming rather alarmed at the use of the phrase "national average hourly rate of pay" but...There is no point in calling it a national minimum wage when we are talking about a national average...If anything, the Minister is being punctilious in requiring accuracy in the Bill....wage Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-12/46/
12 May 1999 -
minimum hourly wage is a key priority for Government and one to which I am firmly committed....Immediately on taking up office, I established the national minimum wage commission which subsequently...recommended that a target date of 1 April 2000 be set for the introduction of a minimum wage....minimum wage....Again, I confirm that it is my intention to have a statutory national minimum wage of £4.40 per hour
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-01-30/428/
30 Jan 2008 -
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Billy Kelleher) The National...Minimum Wage was introduced in Ireland from 1 April 2000.Central Statistics office data show that the...total in employment in Mar-May 2000 was 1,671,400.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-15/57/
15 Nov 2006 -
Minimum Wage Act 2000 in 2005 and 2006 was 481 and 2,818 respectively....Minimum Wage and other statutory minimum wage inspections by the Labour Inspectorate....Minimum Wage compliance....Minimum Wage Act in 2006....I can assure the Deputy that the inspection of compliance with the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 and
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/16/
28 Mar 2000 -
wage legislation....Government is compelled to set a far more realistic minimum rate which would allow working people a...It would have been a national scandal, unsustainable and highly discriminatory if we ever had a minimum...wage that was greater than that earned by any section of the rank and file of the Army....I am glad the workers in uniform will receive the protection of the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-11-03/107/
3 Nov 2009 -
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Dara Calleary) The National...Minimum Wage Act applies to persons who have employee status....Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 an employee is defined as a person who works under a contract...The Minimum Wage Act therefore would apply to those who are doing rehabilitative work if they have employee
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-02-06/45/
6 Feb 2001 -
Kitt) The National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, came into force on 1 April 2000 and delivered on the Government's...commitment in its programme for Government to introduce a national minimum hourly wage....During the passage of the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000, through the House, the Minister gave a commitment...The group has met twice since June 2000 and a further meeting is planned for early next month....minimum wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-06-22/57/
22 Jun 1999 -
minimum wage today....The group sets out detailed recommendations for the implementation of the national minimum wage....minimum wage....The ESRI study estimates that the impact of the introduction on 1 April 2000 of the national minimum...wage on the national wage bill will be an increase of 1.6 per cent of total gross earnings.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-01/21/
1 Mar 2000 -
I hope the House will support the Bill and I praise the Minister for its introduction....He referred to the need to delay the introduction of the national minimum wage....The National Youth Council welcomed the introduction of the Bill from day one....A proactive campaign is vital because the minimum wage will be introduced on 1 April....For example, when the minimum wage was introduced in the UK there was a lengthy information campaign.
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
Rabbitte Can we hear the Minister on the definition of the national minimum hourly rate of pay?...There is no reference in the Bill to the national minimum wage, which is what is in the popular mind...I know that, in order to get to a national minimum wage, one has to have an hourly rate....However, one of the difficulties is that the Minimum Pay Commission recommended that the rate be fixed...I had sought to have a definition of the national minimum wage inserted to guide us when we got to the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-10-17/54/
17 Oct 2000 -
An ESRI impact study, May 1999, estimated that 163,000 employees would benefit from the national minimum...wage, particularly women and young workers....The ESRI study also concluded that the national minimum wage would directly increase the national wage...bill by 1.6% and lead to an increase of 0.26% in inflation in the short term and 1.45% in the long term
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-06-19/55/
19 Jun 2008 -
Employment (Deputy Billy Kelleher) The number of calls/visits/inspections carried out in relation to the National...Minimum Wage Act, 2000 during which breaches of the Act were detected and the number of prosecutions...NERA undertook a targeted campaign, which focused on compliance with the National Minimum Wage Act 2000...that in the majority of cases employers rectify breaches of employment law and pay underpayments of wages...Minimum Wage Act 2000.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/16/
28 Mar 2000 -
Stanton The Government's decision to tax the minimum wage is inexplicable....The problem would be solved if the minimum wage were not taxed....I am aware of the Minister's view that the minimum wage should not be taxed but I urge her to impress...The minimum wage should not be taxed even if that necessitates the introduction of an amendment to the...Finance Bill at this stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-28/16/
28 Mar 2000 -
minimum hourly rate of pay an obligation to undertake an unnecessary regulatory burden....minimum hourly rate of pay may not request a written statement from their employers....If the amendment were accepted employers who pay well above the national minimum hourly rate of pay would...minimum hourly rate of pay....minimum wage, would not be consistent with the other provisions of the Bill, that is, the enforcement
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-03-09/46/
9 Mar 2010 -
Employment (Deputy Dara Calleary) In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national...minimum wage and to make a recommendation to me concerning its adjustment....Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, the Labour Court can seek to establish, in the context of...yet received any recommendation from the Labour Court in relation to the application made under the National...Minimum Wage, 2006.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-10-24/72/
24 Oct 2007 -
Minimum Wage Act, 2000 are concerned, the number of inspections/visits, the number of inspections/visits...The primary role of the Labour Inspection Services, now encompassed by the National Employment Rights...Minimum Wage Act 2000....Minimum Wage....National Minimum Wage Act, 2000: Inspections/Visits, Breaches and Prosecutions Year No. of Inspections
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-30/59/
30 Nov 1999 -
highlights the possible increased detrimental effect on the level of employment if the initial rate of the national...minimum wage were to be set at above £4.40 per hour....I intend to introduce the national minimum wage from 1 April 2000 at £4.40 per hour and I have no plans
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-03-07/2/
7 Mar 2000 -
concerned is likely to be not less than 150% or such other percentage as may be prescribed, of the national...minimum wage....This Bill does not deal with those who earn more than the minimum wage so why is this constraint needed
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-26/42/
26 May 1999 -
McCreevy) The effect of a minimum wage of £4.40 an hour is being examined at present by an interdepartmental...minimum wage....The Government will then proceed to prepare detailed legislation to ensure that the national minimum...wage is implemented from April 2000....wage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-02/55/
2 Dec 2010 -
On that basis it is estimated that the national minimum wage may affect the wages of all those within...a range of 1.5 times the national minimum wage....The Forfás report found that the national minimum wage impacts on sectors in different ways — sectors...to the national minimum wage....I have not received a request from the Council to reduce the level of the national minimum wage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-03-29/5/
29 Mar 2000 -
a minimum wage....My problem with this Bill is not the principle of a minimum wage but where and how the decision was taken...It is fascinating to see that those who devised this Bill as an ingredient of the national package are...On the day the national agreement, which includes the minimum wage Bill, was agreed I heard a spokesman...It did not agree to 5.5%, minimum wages or anything else.