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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: 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: 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/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/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: 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: 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: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-02/3/
2 Mar 2000 -
Stanton I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the National Minimum Wage Bill....body which initially accepted the prin ciple of a national minimum wage, complained....Ireland is one of the last countries in Europe to introduce a national minimum wage....We must consider the full impact of the national minimum wage....The other difficulty with the Bill is that the introduction of the national minimum wage will increase
