(opens in a new window)Dr Micheál Collins, a member of the (opens in a new window)living wage technical group, was interviewed on RTE’s Morning Ireland programme on Wed. 29th Sept 2021 about why the living wage is increasing by 60c an hour, from €12.30 to €12.90 an hour.
The RTE Morning Ireland clip can be heard (opens in a new window)here.
The living wage findings derive from research work on Minimum Income Standards, supported by the Irish Research Council.
The Living Wage Technical Group
The Living Wage Technical Group was established in March 2014 and worked to establish a methodology for calculating the Republic of Ireland Living Wage.
The current members of the group are:
- (opens in a new window)Dr Micheál Collins, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD
- Dr Sean Healy, Social Justice Ireland
- Dr Tricia Keilthy, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- Dr Bernadette Mac Mahon D.C., Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice
- Ciarán Nugent, Nevin Economic Research Institute
- Dr Robert Sweeney, TASC
- Michael Taft, SIPTU
- Robert Thornton, Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice