Second Stage Current 26th Seanad 95/2024

National Minimum Wage (Adequate Wages for Living) Bill 2024

Employment Foreign Affairs & EU

Sponsor: Alice-Mary Higgins
Introduced: 24 Oct 2024
Last updated: 5 Mar 2025

Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Amends the 2000 National Minimum Wage Act to implement an EU directive on adequate minimum wages across member states.
Directive 2022/2041 sets standards for minimum wage levels; bill transposes these requirements into Irish law.
Bill is at Second Stage; specific wage rates and implementation timeline not provided in available information.

Stage timeline

First Stage 26th Seanad

24 Oct 2024
Second Stage 26th Seanad

4 Mar 2025