Noise Bill and minimum wage
Patrick Nulty asks about the noise nuisance Bill and statutory minimum wage legislation; the Taoiseach says the Bill is due next year and that the minimum wage has been restored.
When will the Government bring forward the noise nuisance Bill? Does the Government intend to introduce legislation to increase the statutory minimum wage? Ireland is one of few EU countries not to have increased the minimum wage in recent years as a result of the crisis.
Comment on this
The noise nuisance Bill will be next year. As Deputy Nulty is aware, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform were able to bring about the restoration of the minimum wage through their negotiations with the troika when they began discussions with it in the first instance. This was an important move for people removed from it.