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The Daily PollPoll: Should the minimum wage be increased to €14 per hour?
Mandate Trade Union has called for the minimum wage to be increased in Budget 2023.
MANDATE TRADE UNION has called for the minimum wage to be increased to €14 per hour in Budget 2023.
Mandate, which represents almost 30,000 workers in the retail, bar and administrative sectors, has also called for the removal of sub-minimum rates of the minimum wage.
Since 1 January 2022, the national minimum wage in Ireland is €10.50 per hour. However, some people get so-called sub-minimum rates – such as those aged under 20.
In an interview with The Journal, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar confirmed that the Low Pay Commission has recommended an increase in the minimum wage.
Launching Mandate’s Pre-Budget submission today, Assistant General Secretary Jonathan Hogan said: “Our members are being squeezed very hard right now between low wages and a high cost of living. The only viable solution is to increase incomes and reduce the cost of essential services workers rely on.”
We want to know: Should the minimum wage be increased to €14 per hour?
Poll Results:
Yes, that's a fair amount (8278)
No, it's too high (3423)
No, it's too low (2011)
I'm not sure (801)
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