Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I am struggling with this. I hear what Mr. Courtney is saying but it was common knowledge that the main inflation rate was 7.8%. That was on record. How could the Low Pay Commission have assumed that inflation for the year was going to be as low as 4% when it made this recommendation?