Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 27th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 80/2025 Official bill number / year
National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Young Persons, Apprentices and Interns) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Malcolm Noonan · Green Party
- Introduced
- 9 Dec 2025
- Last updated
- 10 Dec 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Young employees will receive the full national minimum wage instead of reduced youth rates.
- Apprentices become covered by minimum wage laws for the first time; interns and work-experience participants must be paid minimum wage.
- Amends the 2000 National Minimum Wage Act to expand who qualifies for statutory wage protection.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 27th Seanad9 Dec 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad9 Dec 2025
Debates
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